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Statement by Kevin Kennedy, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, on the cross-border UN mission into northwest Syria

5 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Statement by Kevin Kennedy, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, on the cross-border UN mission into northwest Syria 02 March 2020 Statements and Speeches Today, we conducted a one-day inter-agency UN mission across the border from Turkey into northwest Syria where the needs for humanitarian aid and protection are growing more desperate by the day. With nearly one million people displaced in Idlib and surrounding areas since 1 December, the vast majority…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE RIGHT TO SAFE, CLEAN, HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AND FOREIGN DEBT

5 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE RIGHT TO SAFE, CLEAN, HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AND FOREIGN DEBT 02 March 2020 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with David. R. Boyd, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment. It also began an interactive dialogue with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMANE OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT

5 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMANE OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 28 February 2020 Meeting Summaries Concludes General Debate on High Commissioner’s Oral Update and on Country Reports and Updates by the Secretary-General and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning started an interactive…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 28 February 2020 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), and Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at UNIS, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

5 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 28 February 2020 Meeting Summaries Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities,…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION

5 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION 28 February 2020 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded today its seventy-fifth session, after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Afghanistan,…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE SITUATION OF THE ROHINGYA AND OTHER MINORITIES IN MYANMAR

5 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE SITUATION OF THE ROHINGYA AND OTHER MINORITIES IN MYANMAR 27 February 2020 Meeting Summaries Begins General Debate on the Oral Update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Country Reports of the Secretary-General and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the High…

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES REVISED PACKAGE FOR THE 2020 PROGRAMME OF WORK

5 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES REVISED PACKAGE FOR THE 2020 PROGRAMME OF WORK 27 February 2020 Meeting Summaries The Conference on Disarmament met today to discuss the revised package that Carlos Mario Foradori of Argentina, President of the Conference on Disarmament, had presented to the delegations on 24 February. The revised package contained a draft proposal for a programme of work of the Conference on…

Statement Attributable to Ms. Najat Rochdi, Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the Special Envoy for Syria on the Situation in Northwest Syria

5 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Statement Attributable to Ms. Najat Rochdi, Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the Special Envoy for Syria on the Situation in Northwest Syria 27 February 2020 Press Release The military escalation in northwest Syria is having catastrophic humanitarian consequences. At Thursday’s Humanitarian Task Force meeting in Geneva, Senior Humanitarian Adviser Najat Rochdi expressed her gravest alarm at the rising civilian death toll and the unprecedented number of persons displaced.…

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS INFORMAL MEETING WITH STATES

5 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS INFORMAL MEETING WITH STATES 27 February 2020 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon held an informal meeting with States, during which they exchanged views on the 2020 treaty body review process, simplified reporting procedure and the general comments under preparation, among other issues. Renato Zerbini Ribeiro…