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COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES SEVENTH SESSION
30 November 2007
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Adopts Observations and Recommendations on Initial Report of Ecuador
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today presented its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial report of Ecuador, which it considered during this session, before…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 November 2007
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the United Nations System Staff College,
the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Organization, the International…
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27 November 2007
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, gave the floor at the beginning of the meeting to Michel Kazatchkine, the Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, who spoke about progress in the fight against malaria, and at the end of the meeting to the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, who spoke about his…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NEPAL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
26 November 2007
Presentation of Credentials
Dinesh Bhattarai, the new Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, in 2006, Mr. Bhattarai had served as Convener at the National Authority for Disarmament…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SINGAPORE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
26 November 2007
Presentation of Credentials
Tan York Chor, the new Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Tan served as Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative in the Singapore Permanent…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 November 2007
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the…
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COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES THIRTY-NINTH SESSION
23 November 2007
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Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Latvia, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Norway, Portugal and Benin as well as General Comment on Article 2
The Committee against Torture today concluded its thirty-ninth session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Latvia, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Norway, Portugal and…
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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES THIRTY-NINTH SESSION
23 November 2007
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Issues Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Costa Rica, Ukraine, San Marino, Belgium and Paraguay
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its thirty-ninth session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports presented by Costa Rica,…
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REMARKS OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT OPENING OF UNITED NATIONS WOMEN’S GUILD’S INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL BAZAAR
20 November 2007
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Following are the remarks by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered at the opening of the United Nations Women’s Guild’s International Annual Bazaar and Lottery 2007 at the Palais des Nations today:
“It is indeed a great…
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20 November 2007
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Group of Earth Observers, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Office, the…
