7 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION AND STARTS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
03 March 2014
Meeting Summaries
Hears Statements from the United Nations Secretary-General, the President of Tunisia and the Vice-President of Colombia
The Human Rights Council this morning opened its regular twenty-fifth session, hearing keynote statements from the President of the Council, the United Nation Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the President and Foreign Minister of Switzerland, after which it opened its High-level Segment which was addressed by 13 dignitaries, including the President of Tunisia…
7 years 5 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM PRESIDENT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND OTHER DIGNITARIES
03 March 2014
Meeting Summaries
Decides to re-establish the Informal Working Group to help agree a programme of work
The Conference on Disarmament opened the high-level section of its public plenary this morning under the presidency of Italy, in which it decided by consensus to re-establish the Informal Working Group to help agree a programme of work. It also held a minute of silence in remembrance of its former Secretary-General, Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky of Russia, who held that position whilst serving as the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva from 1993 to 2002…
7 years 5 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES SITUATION IN UKRAINE
03 March 2014
Meeting Summaries
Countries denounce violations of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine
The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held a public meeting in which speakers discussed the crisis in the Crimea region of Ukraine.
Ukraine said the overt military invasion by Russia was in breach of the United Nations Charter, represented a serious threat to its sovereignty and territorial integrity, jeopardized peace and stability in Europe and contravened the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on security assurances. It demanded an immediate withdrawal of all troops, combat and military equipment from…
7 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 26 DIGNITARIES AS IT CONTINUES ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
03 March 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued with its High-level Segment, hearing statements from 26 dignitaries who spoke about their concerns regarding the situation in a number of countries and regions around the world and outlined some of the efforts their countries were undertaking in the promotion and protection of human rights.
Speaking were Osman Saleh Mohammed, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Eritrea; Hooria Mashhoyr Ahmed, Minister for Human Rights of Yemen; Luis Fernando Carrera Castro, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala…
7 years 5 months ago
Press conference by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
03 March 2014
Press Conference Announcement
Press conference by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Title
Press conference by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Listen to the audio
ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCBAN20140303.mp3
Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
