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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIVE MECHANISM FOR MYANMAR
14 September 2020
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Begins Enhanced Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Human Rights Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue on the report of the Independent Investigative…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS FORTY-FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, DECIDES TO HOLD AN URGENT DEBATE ON BELARUS
14 September 2020
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Hears High Commissioner’s Global Human Rights Update and Holds Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Myanmar
The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-fifth regular session, hearing a global human rights update from Michelle Bachelet, the United…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS ONLINE LIMITED EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION
14 September 2020
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child today opened its online limited eighty-fifth session.
Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Chairperson of the Committee, emphasised the exceptional nature of this limited online session due to the extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19, which had impacted all…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
11 September 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
08 September 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS THEMATIC PLENARY DISCUSSION ON NEW WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
08 September 2020
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The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a thematic plenary discussion on items 5, 6 and 7 of its agenda, new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, radiological weapons ; comprehensive programme of disarmament ; and transparency in armaments.…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD FORTY-FIFTH SESSION FROM 14 SEPTEMBER TO 6 OCTOBER AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS IN GENEVA
08 September 2020
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The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-fifth regular session from 14 September to 6 October 2020 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
At the opening of the session at 10 a.m. on Monday, 14 September, Michelle Bachelet, United…
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COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES OFFICIALLY CLOSES EIGHTEENTH SESSION AND OPENS NINETEENTH SESSION
07 September 2020
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The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon officially closed its eighteenth session and opened its nineteenth session, hearing an address by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division of the Office of the High…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CLOSES TWENTY-THIRD VIRTUAL SESSION
04 September 2020
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its twenty-third virtual session.
Amalia Gamio Rios, Rapporteur of the Committee, presenting a summary of the draft report of the twenty-third session of the Committee, said the Committee, among others, had…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
04 September 2020
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
4 September 2020
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the Geneva United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Relief Works…
