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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE UPDATE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE UPDATE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 25 June 2019 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on the update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. During the meeting, two dignitaries took the floor. Aierken Tuniyazi, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee and…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 25 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 Human Rights Council, UN-Women, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MIGRANTS AND THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MIGRANTS AND THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY 25 June 2019 Meeting Summaries Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Right to Health and on Eliminating Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Felipe Gonzalez Morales, the Special…

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 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…