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08 May 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Health…
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05 May 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Health…
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COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES VIRTUALLY OPENS EIGHTEENTH SESSION
04 May 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances opened its eighteenth session today in an online meeting, hearing from the Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Committee’s Chairperson, as well as the mother of a victim of enforced disappearance…
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01 May 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the virtual briefing, during which journalists heard from spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, World Food Programme, International Organization for Migration, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, International Labour…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS OF THE COVID-19 CRISIS WITH ITS SPECIAL PROCEDURES MANDATE HOLDERS
30 April 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today held a virtual informal conversation on the human rights implications of the COVID-19 crisis with representatives of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures mandate holders.
The special procedures of the Human Rights Council…
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United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen briefing to the Security Council
29 April 2020
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Arabic versionمبعوث الأمم المتحدة لسوريا غير بيدرسون
إحاطة لمجلس الأمن
29 نيسان/أبريل 2020
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1- دعا أعضاء مجلس الأمن الشهر الماضي "كافة الأطراف لضمان فترة مستدامة من الهدوء على كامل الأراضي السورية وأعادوا التأكيد على الحاجة إلى التطبيق الكامل لقرار مجلس الأمن 2254". وقد جاءت هذه الإشارة الإيجابية من مجلس الأمن في الوقت المناسب…
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UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$ 440 MILLION
28 April 2020
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The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $440 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance.
The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) and 692 (1991) to process claims and pay compensation for…
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28 April 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the virtual briefing, during which journalists heard from spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, World Food Programme, International Organization for Migration, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, International Labour…
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24 April 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Organization, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World…