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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT BIDS FAREWELL TO ITS SECRETARY-GENERAL MICHAEL MØLLER

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT BIDS FAREWELL TO ITS SECRETARY-GENERAL MICHAEL MØLLER 25 June 2019 Meeting Summaries Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Addresses the Conference The Conference on Disarmament this morning bid farewell to Michael Møller, the outgoing Secretary-General of the Conference and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, during its first plenary meeting under…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES MENTAL HEALTH AND THE SITUATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AFFECTED BY LEPROSY

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES MENTAL HEALTH AND THE SITUATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AFFECTED BY LEPROSY 24 June 2019 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Dainius Puras, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and with Alice Cruz, Special Rapporteur on the elimination of…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES VIOLENCE BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY, AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES VIOLENCE BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY, AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS 24 June 2019 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and the Special Rapporteur on the independence of…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS FORTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION, HEARS UPDATE BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS FORTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION, HEARS UPDATE BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 24 June 2019 Meeting Summaries Presidents of Bulgaria and of the Marshall Islands, and Dignitaries from Armenia, Somalia, Netherlands, Republic of Moldova, and Norway Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-first regular session, hearing an update by Michelle…

Remarks by the Secretary-General to the International Labour Conference

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Remarks by the Secretary-General to the International Labour Conference 21 June 2019 Press Release As delivered Monsieur Jean-Jacques Elmiger, President of the 108th Session of the International Labour Conference, Mr. Guy Ryder, and my dear friend, Director-General of the ILO, Your Excellencies, Delegates, Friends, You come together at this Centenary International Labour Conference during a time of profound turbulence and tests. Globalization and the Fourth Industrial…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 21 June 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children…

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK AT THE LAST PLENARY UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF VENEZUELA

5 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK AT THE LAST PLENARY UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF VENEZUELA 20 June 2019 Press Release The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its last plenary under the presidency of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) in which it discussed the draft programme of work presented by the president.Jorge Valero, President of the Conference on Disarmament and Permanent…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS FORTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION FROM 24 JUNE TO 12 JULY 2019

5 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS FORTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION FROM 24 JUNE TO 12 JULY 2019 19 June 2019 Press Release The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-first regular session from 24 June to 12 July 2019 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will open the session at 9 a.m…

LA CONFÉRENCE DU DÉSARMEMENT DISCUTE DU PROJET RÉVISÉ DE PROGRAMME DE TRAVAIL DE LA PRÉSIDENCE VÉNÉZUÉLIENNE

5 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home LA CONFÉRENCE DU DÉSARMEMENT DISCUTE DU PROJET RÉVISÉ DE PROGRAMME DE TRAVAIL DE LA PRÉSIDENCE VÉNÉZUÉLIENNE 18 June 2019 Meeting Summaries La Conférence du désarmement a discuté, ce matin, du projet révisé de programme de travail proposé par le Président de la Conférence, l’Ambassadeur Jorge Valero de la République bolivarienne du Venezuela, après avoir entendu des déclarations de plusieurs délégations. En début de…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 18 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 Labour Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Food Programme.Update…