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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF AUSTRALIA
04 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today completed its consideration of the initial report of Australia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Presenting the report of Australia, Peter Woolcott, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that Australia had worked over many years to remove barriers to people with disabilities’ enjoyment of their rights on an equal basis with others and much had been accomplished; there was…
7 years 11 months ago
OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP ON PROMOTING MULTILATERAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ITS FINAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
04 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Open-ended Working Group to develop proposals to take forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations for the achievement and maintenance of a world without nuclear weapons, presided by Ambassador Manuel B. Dengo of Costa Rica, successfully concluded its work on Friday, 30 August 2013 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva by adopting its substantive report to the General Assembly of the United Nations.Ambassador Manuel B. Dengo was assisted by Friends of the Chair from Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Egypt,…
7 years 11 months ago
UNHCR Press Conference
04 September 2013
Press Conference Announcement
With 2 million Syrian refugees having arrived in neighbouring countries, UNHCR is hosting a meeting tomorrow with government ministers from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey on the urgent support needs of countries hosting large refugee populations. United Nations Refugee Agency High Commissioner Guterres, Antonio Guterres Lebanon’s Minister of Social Affairs, Wael Abu Faour Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Nasser Judeh Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu Iraqi Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari
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UNHCR Press Conference…
7 years 11 months ago
"Earth Dialogues"
03 September 2013
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
3 septembre 2013"Earth Dialogues"
Remarks by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
7th Earth Dialogues
Palais des Nations, Room XX
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Ambassador Dahinden
Madam State Councillor, Michèle Künzler
Mr. Likhotal
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a privilege to welcome you to the Palais des Nations for the 7th Earth Dialogues. The United Nations Office at Geneva is pleased to host this important event in support of a sustainable future for all.
It is very appropriate that this edition of…
7 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS TWENTY-FOURTH REGULAR SESSION FROM 9 TO 27 SEPTEMBER
03 September 2013
Press Release
Commission of Inquiry on Syria to Present Latest Report, Commission of Inquiry on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to Present Oral Update
The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-fourth regular session from 9 to 27 September 2013 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it will hear presentations from 19 independent human rights experts and bodies and hold panels and discussions on the human rights of children whose parents have been given the death penalty or executed; gender integration; and human rights and indigenous peoples. The 47-…
7 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
03 September 2013
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Organization for Migration. Syria – Education
Marixie Mercado, for the United Nations Children’s Programme (UNICEF) said that UNICEF was supporting a major push to make sure that…
7 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF AUSTRIA
03 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today completed its consideration of the initial report of Austria on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Presenting the report of Austria, Ambassador Helmut Tichy, Legal Advisor, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, said that Austria had been among the first States to sign the Convention and the Optional Protocol in March 2007 and had ratified both instruments in the summer of 2008. The ratification…
7 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM GROUP OF 21 AND CHILE
03 September 2013
Meeting Summaries
Discusses Draft Annual Report to the General Assembly in an Informal Meeting
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a public plenary in which it heard statements by Bangladesh on behalf of the Group of 21 on negative security assurances and on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, and a statement by Chile on how to end the stalemate affecting the work of the Conference. The Conference then met in an informal meeting to discuss its draft annual report to the General Assembly.
Ambassador Gerard Corr of Ireland, President of the Conference, said that…
7 years 11 months ago
UNHCR Press Conference
03 September 2013
Press Conference Announcement
Two million Syrian refugees António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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UNHCR Press Conference
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UNHCR
7 years 11 months ago
UNCTAD Press Conference
03 September 2013
Press Conference Announcement
Presentation of the 2013 Report on UNCTAD's assistance to the Palestinian people. (Embargoed until 3 September at 5 p.m. GMT) Mahmoud Elkhafif, UNCTAD, Coordinator of the Assistance to the Palestinian People
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UNCTAD Press Conference
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UNCTAD
