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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Ask Lebanon about the Kafala System for Migrant Domestic Workers, the Absence of a Definition of Racial Discrimination, and the Treatment of Refugees
11 August 2021
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-third to twenty-fourth periodic report of Lebanon…
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Conference on Disarmament Discusses Working Paper by Australia on Consultations Held During the Australian Presidency Last Year
10 August 2021
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The Conference on Disarmament today discussed a working paper by Australia on consultations held during the Australian Presidency last year.
Ambassador Leslie E. Norton of Canada, President of the Conference, said the focus of today’s plenary meeting was…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
10 August 2021
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme and the United…
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The Need for a Global Transformative Agenda for Racial Justice and Equality is Very Clear, Mona Rishmawi Tells Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination as it Opens its Session
09 August 2021
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon opened its one hundred and fourth session online, hearing a statement from Mona Rishmawi, Chief of the Rule of Law, Equality…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
06 August 2021
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization.
Food Situation in Myanmar
Stephen Anderson, World Food Programme…
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Conference on Disarmament Discusses Proposed Linguistic/Technical Updates to its Rules of Procedure to Reflect the Equality of Men and Women
05 August 2021
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The Conference on Disarmament today discussed proposed linguistic/technical updates to its rules of procedure to reflect the equality of men and women.
Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-…
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New Permanent Representative of Germany Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
04 August 2021
Presentation of Credentials
Katharina Stasch, the new Permanent Representative of Germany 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 to Geneva,…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
03 August 2021
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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30 July 2021
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Food…
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Committee against Torture Adopts Concluding Observations on Report of Belgium and Closes Seventy-first Online Session
30 July 2021
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The Committee against Torture this afternoon adopted its concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Belgium and closed its seventy-first online session.
Acting Committee Chairperson Claude Heller said that the Committee had considered the report of Belgium during the session and adopted its concluding…
