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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SEPARATE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN AND IN MYANMAR
14 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues with Ahmed Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, and with Yanghee Lee, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.
In his presentation, Mr. Shaheed identified some positive developments in Iran, such as steps to amend some provisions of the penal and criminal procedure codes to comply with international standards, but noted that provisions that compromised or weakened due process and…
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BAHRAIN JOINS THE CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
14 March 2016
Press Release
On 11 March 2016, Bahrain joined the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons, Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons and Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War. Bahrain is now the 122nd State Party to the CCW.
Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of Pakistan, President-designate of the Convention’s Fifth Review Conference, welcomed Bahrain to the CCW. She added that Bahrain has demonstrated its commitment to international humanitarian law by joining the CCW, and hoped for the early universalization of the Convention.
The purpose of the…
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WHO Press Conference
14 March 2016
Press Conference Announcement
EMBARGO: Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 01h01 EST (New York time) / 05h01 GMT / 06H01 CET (Geneva time) Maria Neira, WHO Director, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health Carlos Dora, WHO Coordinator, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health Annette Prüss-Ustün, Scientist, WHO Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health
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OHCHR Press Conference (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
14 March 2016
Press Conference Announcement
Mr. Marzuki Darusman, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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OHCHR Press Conference (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
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Briefing by the UN Special Envoy for Syria
14 March 2016
Press Conference Announcement
The short briefing will be broadcast live on webtv.un.org.Mr. Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria
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Briefing by the UN Special Envoy for Syria
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Concert du 5e anniversarie de l'Orchestre des Nations Unies
13 March 2016
| Michael Møller
Speech
13 mars 2016Concert du 5e anniversarie de l'Orchestre des Nations Unies
Allocution de M. Michael Møller
Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies
Directeur général de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève
Concert de l’Orchestre des Nations Unies
Concert du 5e anniversaire
dimanche 13 mars 2016
Victoria Hall de Genève à 17 heures
Madame la Présidente de l’Orchestre des Nations Unies,
Monsieur le Président du Fonds « 1% pour le développement »
[Monsieur Friedrich von Kirchbach]
Mesdames et Messieurs,
Chers amis :
C’est avec un plaisir renouvelé que je…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HIV/AIDS
11 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
Hears Right of Reply Statements in Response to the Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on his Annual Report
The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the progress in and challenges of addressing human rights issues in the context of efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030.
Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that the international community had travelled a long journey from the fear and panic that had characterized responses to HIV/AIDS in the early days. An HIV diagnosis could be less…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 March 2016
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, Director, a.i, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, and the World Health Organization. Geneva activitiesHuman Rights Council
Rolando Gomez for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that the Human Rights Council was holding on 11…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
11 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
Hears Presentations of Thematic Reports by the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General and by the Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations
The Human Rights Council today heard presentations of the report of the Intergovernmental Working Group on transnational corporations and a number of thematic reports by the United Nations Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights and his Office, and then held a general debate on the promotion and…
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COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES HOLDS EVENT TO MARK THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONVENTION
11 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon marked the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance by holding a panel discussion on contemporary challenges.
Opening the discussion, Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, noted that the adoption of the Convention had been the result of a long struggle over some forty years, led by both the families of disappeared persons…
