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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
03 March 2010
Presentation of Credentials
Yafei He, the new Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, since 2008, Mr. He had been serving as Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of China. He was Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2008, and served as Director-General of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, from 2001 to 2006. Other high-level positions held by Mr. He…
11 years 5 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
02 March 2010
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.Geneva Activities
Ms. Momal-Vanian said today the Committee on the Elimination…
11 years 5 months ago
DEPUTY MINISTER OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
02 March 2010
Meeting Summaries
Conference Authorizes Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom To Read Out a Statement to the Conference on the Occasion of International Women’s Day
The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard an address by Cho Hyun, Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs of the Republic of Korea, and authorized the non-governmental organization Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom to read out a statement to the Conference on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
Cho Hyun, Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs of the…
11 years 5 months ago
COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON DRAFT DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
02 March 2010
Meeting Summaries
Dignitaries from Philippines, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Viet Nam, Republic of Korea and Serbia address the Human Rights Council under the High-Level Segment
The Human Rights Council this morning heard statements from dignitaries from the Philippines, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Viet Nam, the Republic of Korea and Serbia under its high-level segment and then held a panel discussion on the draft declaration on human rights education and training.
Alberto Romulo, Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, underscored the profound…
11 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF PANAMA
02 March 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fifteenth to twentieth periodic reports of Panama on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Jorge Ricardo Rabrega, Deputy Minister of Government and Justice of Panama, presenting the report, said that, as a multi-linguistic, multi-ethnic and cosmopolitan State, Panama rejected discrimination. The Government continued designing and implementing measures aimed at tackling discrimination, based on whatever…
11 years 5 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM IRISH MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
02 March 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon heard from the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, who laid out Ireland’s vision of the way forward in a number of disarmament areas, including the upcoming Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference, and in the Conference on Disarmament itself.
Mr. Martin commented that they had seen high and low points on the road to implementation of the NPT. Regrettably, since the 1995 NPT Review Conference, progress had not been made on the Middle East resolution, and many of the 13…
11 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS BY 14 DIGNITARIES UNDER HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
02 March 2010
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its high-level segment, hearing from 14 dignitaries, who raised a number of issues, such as the 2011 review of the Council and its mechanisms and what it should focus on, and the lack of progress on the elimination of racism around the world, and who highlighted national efforts to promote and protect human rights.
Huda Alban, Minister of Human Rights of Yemen, said the Council was always at the forefront of the struggle for the protection and promotion of human rights. One of the paradoxes in the world today…
11 years 5 months ago
UNHCR Press Conference
02 March 2010
Press Conference Announcement
UNHCR expert briefing on Yemen situation Mr. Radhouane Nouicer, Director, UNHCR Middle East and North Africa Bureau
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UNHCR Press Conference
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11 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS THIRTEENTH SESSION
01 March 2010
Meeting Summaries
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and 17 High-Level Dignitaries Address the Council
The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirteenth session, hearing from 17 high-level dignitaries and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, who said the Council was conceived as a forum where responses to inequality, repression, and impunity could be crafted and advocated to help build a world in larger freedom. The review of the Council, now forthcoming, would help the international community to assess whether the fundamental principles of this body’s…
11 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS THE HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION ON IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISES ON REALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
01 March 2010
Meeting Summaries
Continues High-Level Segment, Hearing from Dignitaries from Nepal, South Africa, Palestine, Portugal, Commonwealth and Organization of Islamic Conference
The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard statements from six dignitaries under its high-level segment and then held a high-level panel discussion on the impact of the global economic and financial crises on the universal realization and effective enjoyment of all human rights.
Sujata Koirala, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign…
