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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON EXTREME POVERTY AND ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON EXTREME POVERTY AND ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS 28 June 2019 Meeting Summaries Hears Address by Undersecretary for Special Concerns of the Philippines The Human Rights Council today held a clustered interactive dialogue with Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Cecilia Jimenez, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally…

MICHAEL MØLLER, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA, SIGNS AN AGREEMENT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW WELCOME AND INFORMATION CENTRE AT THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA (in French)

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MICHAEL MØLLER, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA, SIGNS AN AGREEMENT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW WELCOME AND INFORMATION CENTRE AT THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA (in French) 28 June 2019 Press Release Le Directeur général de l’ONU Genève, Michael Møller, a signé aujourd’hui avec la nouvelle fondation Portail des Nations, créée par le philanthrope genevois Ivan Pictet, un accord-cadre visant, à terme, la construction d’un nouveau lieu d’accueil et d’…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 28 June 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the World…

Plenary session (III) of the International Conference on the question of Jerusalem - “Preserving the cultural and religious character of Jerusalem”

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Plenary session (III) of the International Conference on the question of Jerusalem - “Preserving the cultural and religious character of Jerusalem” 28 June 2019 Press Release PLENARY III: JERUSALEM: HOLY TO THE THREE MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS BERNARD SABELLA, Former member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, sociologist and Executive Secretary of the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (MECC), speaking about challenges in the free access to holy sites in…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH WORKING GROUPS ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN LAW AND IN PRACTICE AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH WORKING GROUPS ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN IN LAW AND IN PRACTICE AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 27 June 2019 Meeting Summaries Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, Addresses the Council The Human Rights Council today held a clustered interactive dialogue with Meskerem Geset Techane, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 27 June 2019 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Dubravka Šimonović, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially…

Briefing to the Security Council by Geir O. Pedersen, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Briefing to the Security Council by Geir O. Pedersen, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria 27 June 2019 Statements and Speeches Arabic version Mr President, 1. Let me start with the very worrying situation in and around the Idlib de-escalation area. Regrettably the fighting continues, with reports of: airstrikes, shelling, rockets and mortar attacks , all too often involving the indiscriminate use of force. Civilians continue to be killed and hundreds of thousands have…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE WORLD OF WORK AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE WORLD OF WORK AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN 27 June 2019 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning held the first part of its annual discussion on the human rights of women, with a panel on violence against women in the world of work. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Katrín…

Statement attributable to Ms. Najat Rochdi, Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria On the Situation Across Syria

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Statement attributable to Ms. Najat Rochdi, Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria On the Situation Across Syria 27 June 2019 Statements and Speeches At Thursday’s Syria Humanitarian Task Force meeting in Geneva, Senior Humanitarian Adviser Najat Rochdi urged Member States to support the United Nations’ immediate humanitarian priorities in Syria. First, in the de-escalation area in northwestern Syria, an unacceptable level of violence…

Opening session of the International Conference on the question of Jerusalem - “Preserving the cultural and religious character of Jerusalem”

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Opening session of the International Conference on the question of Jerusalem - “Preserving the cultural and religious character of Jerusalem” 27 June 2019 Press Release Convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation OPENING SESSION CHEIKH NIANG, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), Permanent…