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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
24 July 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Syria
Alessandra Vellucci, for the UN Information Service (UNIS), informed that the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen, in briefing to the Security Council yesterday, had said that his office had now firmed up plans to convene the third session of the Syrian-led and Syrian-owned Constitutional Committee. Earlier…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
21 July 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Global Forests Resources…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MAURITIUS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
21 July 2020
Presentation of Credentials
Usha Chandnee Dwarka-Canabady, the new Permanent Representative of Mauritius to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FORTY-FOURTH REGULAR SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 23 RESOLUTIONS
17 July 2020
Meeting Summaries
Extends Mandates on Eritrea, Education, Extrajudicial Executions, Trafficking in Persons, Leprosy, Judges and Lawyers, Persons with Disabilities, International Solidarity, Extreme Poverty, Belarus, and on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS FOUR RESOLUTIONS, APPOINTS FOUR SPECIAL PROCEDURE MANDATE HOLDERS, AND CONCLUDES ITS FORTY-FOURTH SESSION
17 July 2020
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The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted four resolutions dealing with the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests ; the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic ; the Social Forum ; and the…
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17 July 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS, EXTENDS MANDATES ON BELARUS, AND ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
17 July 2020
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The Human Rights Council this morning adopted six resolutions in which it, among other actions, extended the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, and of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 13 RESOLUTIONS, EXTENDS MANDATES ON ERITREA, EDUCATION, EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, LEPROSY, JUDGES AND LAWYERS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND EXTREME POVERTY
16 July 2020
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Calls for Universal, Timely and Equitable Access to and Fair Distribution of All Essential Health Technologies and Production, including those…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS ORAL UPDATE ON GEORGIA AND HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
16 July 2020
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Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting heard an oral update on cooperation with Georgia…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES OF SPAIN AND KUWAIT, AND HOLDS ENHANCED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON SUDAN
16 July 2020
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The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Spain and Kuwait, and held an enhanced interactive dialogue on progress towards opening a country office in Sudan.
Cristobal Gonzales-Aller Jurado, Permanent Representative…
