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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION

7 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION 15 January 2018 Press Release Committee on the Rights of the ChildCOMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its seventy-seventh session this morning, hearing an address by Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme…

Statement on behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Statement on behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura 13 January 2018 Statements and Speeches The UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, was shocked and saddened to learn of the death in hospital in Damascus of Mr Mounir Darwish, following an apparent hit and run with a vehicle driven by an unidentified assailant outside his home. The Special Envoy calls for those involved to be identified and brought to justice. Mr Darwish was a member of…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 12 January 2018 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the Office of the United…

STATE OF PALESTINE JOINS PROTOCOL V ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR TO THE CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home STATE OF PALESTINE JOINS PROTOCOL V ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR TO THE CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS 11 January 2018 Press Release The State of Palestine, on 29 December 2017, joined Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), becoming the ninety-fourth High Contracting Party to the Protocol. The State of Palestine is a High Contracting Party to the…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP TO HOLD TWENTY-NINTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 15 TO 26 JANUARY 2018

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP TO HOLD TWENTY-NINTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 15 TO 26 JANUARY 2018 10 January 2018 Press Release Working Group to Review the Human Rights Records in 14 States The twenty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 15 to 26 January during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 09 January 2018 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.USG for…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF HONDURAS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF HONDURAS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 05 January 2018 Presentation of Credentials Giampaolo Carmelo Rizzo Alvarado, the new Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Rizzo Alvarado had been serving as Deputy…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 05 January 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Meteorological…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 05 January 2018 Presentation of Credentials Aimé Clovis Guillond, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Congo to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Guillond had been…

Statement on behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Statement on behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura 22 December 2017 Statements and Speeches Arabic version Special Envoy de Mistura attended today the Astana meeting, which was hosted very effectively by President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan and organised under the auspices of the three guarantors of the 30 December 2016 ceasefire – the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey. The Special Envoy reiterated his belief…