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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES ITS NINETY-EIGHTH SESSION
10 May 2019
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its ninety-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Andorra, Guatemala, Hungary, Lithuania and Zambia, which were considered during the session.The concluding observations and…
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COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE
09 May 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this morning discussed the twelfth annual report of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT/C/66/2), with the Subcommittee’s Chair Malcom Evans.
Mr. Evans said that with the ratification by Iceland,…
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REMARKS OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE “ALLÉE DU CENTENAIRE” AT THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (in French)
08 May 2019
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Excellences,
Mesdames et Messieurs,
Chers collègues,
Tout protocole observé,
Le jour où je suis né, mon grand-père a planté un arbre, un olivier. Il faisait confiance. Un arbre est un projet à long terme. Un arbre est une démonstration de confiance dans le futur. Et les oliviers, dans mon…
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COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE REVIEWS THE REPORT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
08 May 2019
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The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of the United Kingdom on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Paul Candler, Director of International and Rights Policy in…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ARMENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
07 May 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Andranik Hovhannisyan, the new Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Hovhannisyan had been serving as an advisor to the…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General - on Syria
07 May 2019
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The Secretary-General is following with great concern the intensifying hostilities in the de-escalation area of northwestern Syria involving Syrian Government forces and their allies, armed opposition forces, and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. He is alarmed by reports of aerial attacks on population centers and civilian infrastructure resulting in hundreds of…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
07 May 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 World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Trade…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
03 May 2019
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’…
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COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE REVIEWS THE REPORT OF BENIN
03 May 2019
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The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Benin on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Timothee Yabit, Deputy Director of the Cabinet of Ministers of Benin, outlined the…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXAMINES THE REPORT OF ZAMBIA
02 May 2019
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning considered the combined seventeenth to nineteenth periodic report of Zambia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Margret Mary Lungo Kaemba, Minister…
