10 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF CAMBODIA
03 June 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined second and third periodic report of Cambodia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Introducing the report, Ith Samheng, Minister of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation and President of the Cambodian National Council for Children, said the Cambodian National Council for Children, established in 1995, was the mechanism to monitor, coordinate and provide guidance to the Government on work related to the survival, development, protection and welfare…
10 years 2 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF THEMATIC REPORTS AND STARTS GENERAL DEBATE
03 June 2011
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Freedom of Opinion and Expression and on Violence against Women
The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard a presentation by Bacre Ndiaye, Director of the Human Rights Council and Special Procedures Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, of the thematic reports of the Secretary General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights and held a general debate on agenda item two on the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High…
10 years 2 months ago
Press Conference: Mission of Bahrain
03 June 2011
Press Conference Announcement
Title
Press Conference: Mission of Bahrain
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Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
10 years 2 months ago
WHO Press Conference
03 June 2011
Press Conference Announcement
Title
WHO Press Conference
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Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
10 years 2 months ago
ILO Press Conference
03 June 2011
Press Conference Announcement
Title
ILO Press Conference
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Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
10 years 2 months ago
100th Session of the International Labour Conference
01 June 2011
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
1 juin 2011100th Session of the International Labour Conference (en anglais seulement)
Remarks by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Opening of the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference
Palais des Nations, Assembly Hall
Wednesday, 1 June 2011 at 11:00 a.m.
Distinguished Ministers
Distinguished Director-General Juan Somavia
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a pleasure for me to welcome you to the Palais des Nations. It is an honour on behalf of the United Nations to…
10 years 2 months ago
100TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE OPENED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL
01 June 2011
Press Conferences
The Director-General opened the 100th session of the International Labour Conference today and highlighted the need to place employment at the centre of joint United Nations-International Labour Organization (ILO) efforts to reduce poverty, fight climate change and overcome resource constraints. He referred to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who underscored the need to take swift action to create an enabling environment for social inclusion and social protection for all in order to unlock the full productive potential of all nations and people…
10 years 2 months ago
DIRECTOR-GENERAL PARTICIPATES IN PLENARY OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
01 June 2011
Press Conferences
Today, the Director-General in his capacity as Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the Conference, participated in its plenary session.
Title
DIRECTOR-GENERAL PARTICIPATES IN PLENARY OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
Press Item Subject
Director-General
10 years 2 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON FOREIGN DEBT AND EXTREME POVERTY
01 June 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, and the Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty.
Cephas Lumina, the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of human rights…
10 years 2 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT BEGINS PRESIDENCY OF COLOMBIA
01 June 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning in which it welcomed the new president of the Conference, Alicia Victoria Arango Olmos of Colombia.
In her first address as president of the Conference, Ms. Arango Olmos said she wanted the presidency of Colombia to be characterized by efficiency, inclusion, flexibility and a respect for the Rules of Procedure. She recognized the enormous efforts displayed by her predecessors, and the debates on the themes of the agenda that were held under the presidencies of Canada, Chile and China were interesting and had…
