8 years 5 months ago
Reception to mark the Geneva Launch of the United Nations
Security Sector Reform Integrated Technical Guidance Notes
05 March 2013
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
5 mars 2013Reception to mark the Geneva Launch of the United Nations
Security Sector Reform Integrated Technical Guidance Notes
Opening Remarks
Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Reception to mark the Geneva Launch of the United Nations
Security Sector Reform Integrated Technical Guidance Notes
Palais des Nations, Delegates’ Restaurant - Salon Geneva
Tuesday, 5 March 2013 at 17:00
State Secretary Burian…
8 years 5 months ago
“Viacrucis del Migrante, paintings by Sigifredo Camacho”
05 March 2013
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
5 mars 2013“Viacrucis del Migrante, paintings by Sigifredo Camacho” (en anglais)
Opening remarks by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“Viacrucis del Migrante, paintings by Sigifredo Camacho”
Palais des Nations, Exhibition Gallery, E Building, 3rd Floor
Tuesday, 5 March 2013 at 6 p.m.
Ambassador Gallegos Chiriboga
Monsignor Tomasi
Excellencies
Ladies and gentlemen:
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the opening of this exhibition, organized by the Permanent Mission of…
8 years 5 months ago
Trieste Forum on the “Impact of Science and Technology on Society and Economy"
05 March 2013
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
5 mars 2013Trieste Forum on the “Impact of Science and Technology on Society and Economy"
Message from Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
at the Trieste Forum on “Impact of Science and Technology
on Society and Economy”
Delivered on the Director-General’s behalf by
Mr. David A. Chikvaidze, Director of the UNOG Library and
Chairman of the Cultural Activities Committee
Trieste, Italy, 5 March 2013
It gives me great pleasure to extend my best wishes…
8 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ARBITRARY DETENTION AND ON COUNTERING TERRORISM
05 March 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held a clustered interactive dialogue with Mads Andenas, member of the Working Group on arbitrary detention, and Ben Emmerson, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism.
Mr. Andenas said the Working Group on arbitrary detention had adopted its Deliberation N° 9 in which it concluded that the prohibition of all forms of arbitrary deprivation of liberty constituted part of customary international law and a peremptory norm. The Working Group…
8 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION
05 March 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon began a clustered interactive dialogue with the Chair of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances and the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief.
Olivier De Frouville, Chair of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances, introducing the report, said that since its creation the Working Group had transmitted 53,986 cases to States and had clarified 298 cases. Regarding its visit to Chile in 2012, the Working Group recognized that since the…
8 years 5 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
05 March 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today began a series of thematic discussions on the core issues on its agenda with a plenary meeting dedicated to nuclear disarmament. Ambassador Sujata Mehta of India, President of the Conference on Disarmament, hoped that these thematic discussions which would be conducted in parallel with her on-going consultations on a programme of work, would give delegations an opportunity to share their views, without detriment to Member States’ right to address any other subjects as they may wish, in accordance with the rules of procedure.During the discussion,…
8 years 5 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
05 March 2013
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, the World Economic Forum, the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council.Syria
Jens…
8 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON TORTURE AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
05 March 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on torture and on human rights defenders.
Juan E. Mendez, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in concluding remarks said the report emphasized human dignity and aimed to reduce cases of treatment without consent; it did not try to establish States’ obligation to allow or ban abortion, but was focused on the actual performance and conduct of medical staff that…
8 years 5 months ago
IPU Press Conference
05 March 2013
Press Conference Announcement
Annual analysis of statistics and trends on women in parliament. Mr. Anders B. Johnsson, IPU Secretary General
Title
IPU Press Conference
Listen to the audio
ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCIPU20130305.mp3
Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
8 years 5 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference
05 March 2013
Press Conference Announcement
The Special Rapporteur will talk about his annual report to the Human Rights Council on health care settings and torture, and his reports on the two fact finding missions to Tajikistan and Morocco as well as his follow-up visit to Uruguay which he conducted in 2012. Juan E. Méndez, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Title
OHCHR Press Conference
Listen to the audio
ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/…
