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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH SESSION
31 March 2016
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The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and sixteenth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of South Africa, Namibia, Sweden, New Zealand, Slovenia, Costa Rica and Rwanda.
The concluding observations and recommendations on the seven country reports considered during the session are available at the webpage of the one hundred and sixteenth…
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Transcript of Press encounter by Jan Egeland, Special Advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, following the Task Force meeting on Humanitarian Access in Syria
31 March 2016
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JE: Thank you very much, we just finished a meeting with the ISSG task force on humanitarian access to Syria, we reviewed and compared progress this year compared to last year. 2015 did, in the first three months give us access to only one besieged area that was Yarmouk…
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Near verbatim transcript of press stakeout by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
30 March 2016
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SG: High Commissioner Filippo Grandi and I have just taken part in an important meeting on sharing responsibility for Syrian refugees through pathways for admission. We are all aware that there is no substitute for a comprehensive and credible political settlement in Syria, and we welcome signs of progress towards that…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 March 2016
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Agency and the United Nations Refugee Agency. UN Secretary-General
Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General would be in Geneva on 30 March and would address the high-level conference on “Global responsibility sharing through…
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UN Special Envoy’s Paper on Points of Commonalities
24 March 2016
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Arabic versionExplanatory Note
This is an Explanatory Note to the Special Envoy’s Paper on Points of Commonalities. It sets out what the official purpose is of the paper. During the course of talks the Special Envoy noted that certain commonalities existed between the two sides in relation to their respective visions of what a future of Syrian state might look like. He instructed his staff to…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRTY-FIRST SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 37 RESOLUTIONS, 2 DECISIONS AND ONE PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
24 March 2016
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The Human Rights Council concluded its thirty-first regular session this evening after adopting 40 texts – 37 resolutions, two decisions and one Presidential Statement – on a wide range of issues, as well as its report for the session. The Council also adopted the outcome…
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Near verbatim transcript of press conference by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura
24 March 2016
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Moderator: Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for your patience. Here we are at the end of the first round of the Intra-Syrian talks. You’ve heard the UN Special Envoy almost every day since the beginning of these talks and tonight he intends to give you a wrap-up of where we are. A few comments as usual perhaps and then we take questions.
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Transcript of stakeout by the Special Advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Jan Egeland
23 March 2016
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JE: We are making further progress in getting access to the civilian population in Syria and we are concentrating, in the taskforce on humanitarian access, on the besieged areas but also equally important the so-called hard-to-reach areas. Importantly, last night we were able to reach – with an inter-agency convoy of UN, ICRC, and…
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PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS
23 March 2016
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The Geneva International Discussions have just concluded their 35th round.
During the meeting, the participants reached an important agreement on the resumption of the work of the Gali / Gal Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM). At the same time, they appreciated the intense work going on in the Ergneti IPRM.
The participants also welcomed several recent…
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Transcript of joint stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura
and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini
23 March 2016
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SdeM: I am delighted to be able to be together with the EU High Representative, Federica Mogherini, who has been asked by me, and I am very grateful to you, for being here on a special day. Not only because it is an occasion…
