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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON RIGHT TO FOOD AND ADEQUATE HOUSING
10 March 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today started a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living.
Both Special Rapporteurs made their final presentations to the Council of their tenure, following six years as holders of their respective mandates.
Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, presented two reports summarizing findings from his 2013 missions in Malawi and…
7 years 5 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference (International Commission of Inquiry on CAR)
10 March 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Press conference to introduce the International Commission of Inquiry on the Central African Republic. Mr. Bernard Acho Muna (Cameroon), Chairperson Mr. Jorge Castañeda (Mexico) Ms. Fatimata M'Baye (Mauritania)
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OHCHR Press Conference (International Commission of Inquiry on CAR)
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7 years 5 months ago
WFP Press Conference
10 March 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Humanitarian situation in Syria and WFP’s response. Amir Abdulla, WFP Deputy Executive Director
Title
WFP Press Conference
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WFP
7 years 5 months ago
UN Press Conference
10 March 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Achievements and challenges of the mandate of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide: interactive dialogue with the Human Rights Council Mr. Adama Dieng, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide
Title
UN Press Conference
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Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
7 years 5 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference (Special Rapporteur on the right to food)
10 March 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Report to the Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food. In his final report, after a six-year term, the Special Rapporteur says the world’s food systems must be reformed if they are to contribute to realizing the right to adequate food for all. The report calls for alternative, democratically-mandated visions of food systems to be urgently accommodated at the local, national and international levels. Mr. Olivier De Schutter (Belgium), Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
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7 years 5 months ago
International Women’s Day
07 March 2014
| Michael Møller
Speech
7 mars 2014International Women’s Day
Opening remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Acting Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva
“International Women’s Day”
Palais des Nations, Room XX
Friday, 7 March 2014 at 9 a.m.
Distinguished Members of the Group of Women Ambassadors
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is my pleasure to join you today for this commemoration of International Women’s Day. I would like to express my appreciation to the Group of Women Ambassadors for the initiative to mark, what is not just an important observance for the United…
7 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON HER ANNUAL REPORT
07 March 2014
Meeting Summaries
Council Observes International Women’s Day
The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its interactive dialogue with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on her annual report. At the beginning of the meeting, the Council observed International Women’s Day, which is commemorated on 8 March.
In concluding remarks, Ms. Pillay noted the overwhelming support for most of the work on which she reported and said she was encouraged. Concerning transparency on the functional review of the Office of the…
7 years 5 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
07 March 2014
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Human Rights Council.
Central African Republic (CAR)
Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) , stated that,…
7 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE
07 March 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today discussed the prevention of genocide, holding a high-level panel discussion dedicated to the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, followed by an interactive dialogue with Adama Dieng, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide.
Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, opened the panel discussion, saying that genocide and other mass atrocities were never unleashed without warning but were the culmination of a…
7 years 5 months ago
OCHA Press Conference
07 March 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Humanitarian situation in the Philippines and Central African Republic Ms. Valerie Amos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Title
OCHA Press Conference
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UNOCHA
