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UNOG Library Talk «Société des Nations: Terrain d’expérimentation des Nations Unies»
10 March 2015
| Michael Møller
Speech
10 mars 2015UNOG Library Talk «Société des Nations: Terrain d’expérimentation des Nations Unies»
Welcome Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
UNOG Library Talk
«Société des Nations: Terrain d’expérimentation des Nations Unies»
Palais des Nations, Library Events Room (B-135)
Tuesday, 10 March 2015, from 13:00 to 14:30
Chers orateurs,
Chers amis,
Chers invités,
Je suis heureux de vous accueillir aujourd’hui à l’occasion de cette Rencontre de la…
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Meeting Summaries
Also hears address from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
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Heiner Bielefeldt,…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
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Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the United Nations Refugee Agency.
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Meeting Summaries
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Meeting Summaries
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Meeting Summaries
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STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, AMBASSADOR JOACHIM RUECKER (GERMANY)
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Press Release
GENEVE (Issued as received) -- Today I met with the Commissioners of the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict who handed over a letter requesting a deferral to June 2015 of the submission and presentation of their report due to be presented to the Human Rights Council on 23 March. The Commissioners informed me that they needed this extension in order to weigh the additional information they have received in recent weeks. I have conveyed this request to the concerned parties and informed the Council…
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Meeting Summaries
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Meeting Summaries
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