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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS TO THE MEDIA WITH MAESTRO DANIEL BARENBOIM
29 February 2016
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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
It is a pleasure for me to welcome today United Nations Messenger of Peace Daniel Barenboim and members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
For the past nine years, Maestro Barenboim has used his extraordinary talent and commitment to promote peace and tolerance, the core values of our Organization, as a United Nations Messenger…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL DESIGNATES THE WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA AS UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL ADVOCATE FOR CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
29 February 2016
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today designated the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra as a United Nations Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding. The designation took place at an event at the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), attended by the Secretary-General and by the world-renowned conductor and…
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NEAR VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS STAKEOUT BY
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON AND
MAESTRO DANIEL BARENBOIM
29 February 2016
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Secretary-General:
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and Maestro Barenboim.
It is a pleasure for me to welcome today United Nations Messenger of Peace, Maestro Daniel Barenboim and members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
29 February 2016
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“THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS”
Monsieur le Président du Conseil des droits de l’homme [M. Choi Kyong-lim],
Monsieur le Président de l’Assemblée générale [M. Mogens Lykketoft],
Monsieur le Haut-commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme
[Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein],
Mesdames et Messieurs les représentants,…
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Staffan De Mistura, Special Envoy for Syria - Briefing to the Security Council pursuant to Resolution 2254(2015)
27 February 2016
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Mr. President, Members of the Security Council,
1. On behalf of the Secretary-General, I welcome the adoption – I hope soon, of a resolution, which will address the issue we worked on for long. We have come a long way since the first meeting of the International Syria Support Group in Vienna on 30 October 2015. Much has also…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 February 2016
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Secretariat, and the World Food Programme. UN Secretary-…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SIXTEENTH SESSION
26 February 2016
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The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its sixteenth session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 22 to 26 February 2016.
The Advisory Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human Rights Council, took action on the three thematic issues that it had been considering: unaccompanied…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Syria
26 February 2016
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The Secretary-General welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2268 by the Security Council, which endorsed the Joint Statement of the United States and the Russian Federation, as Co-Chairs of the ISSG, on the Cessation of Hostilities in Syria, and the demand that it begins at 00:00 Damascus time on 27 February.
The full implementation of this resolution -…
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Transcript of the Press Conference by UN Special Envoy for Syria
Staffan de Mistura, Geneva 26 February 2016
26 February 2016
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SdeM: Today, there’s been quite a lot of discussions and events taking place here in Geneva related to what happened just now. And by midday today, there were 97 armed groups plus the Government, all the major regional and international stakeholders, who indicated in time – by, as you remember, midday, which was the time for…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ITS THIRTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION
FROM 29 FEBRUARY TO 24 MARCH 2016
24 February 2016
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The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-first regular session from 29 February to 24 March in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will address the opening…
