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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION
04 March 2016
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Namibia, Canada and Kenya
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its fifty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Namibia, Canada and Kenya on their implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
The Committee’s concluding observations and recommendations for the reports will be available on the webpage of the session on Monday, 7 March at 6 p.m.
In closing…
5 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SIXTY-THIRD SESSION
04 March 2016
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Recommendations on the Reports of the Czech Republic, Haiti, Iceland, Japan, Mongolia, Sweden, Tanzania and Vanuatu
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its sixty-third session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women by the Czech Republic, Haiti, Iceland, Japan, Mongolia, Sweden, Tanzania and Vanuatu.
The Committee’s concluding observations and…
5 years 5 months ago
Transcript of the Press encounter of Staffan de Mistura and Jan Egeland on progress of Humanitarian Access Task Force
04 March 2016
Press Conferences
SDM: Good afternoon, thank you for your patience, I will address a few points that are of overall relevance to what we are trying to do: the current state of affairs of the cessation of hostilities and secondly how that has an impact on the humanitarian aid. I will give the floor to you Jan, and I will make some comments about the resumption of the Geneva Intra-Syrian Talks. Everything is in one way or not connected.
So let me first of all address the issue about cessation of hostilities which, as you know naturally, has…
5 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND ON PERSONS WITH ALBINISM
04 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Catalina Devandas Aguilar, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, and Ikponwosa Ero, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism.
Ms. Devandas Aguilar said that in the first year of her mandate, she had been trying to work with civil society as well as with different United Nations mandates and agencies. That had allowed her to share good practices with persons with disabilities. She…
5 years 5 months ago
WHO Press Conference
04 March 2016
Press Conference Announcement
Dr Bruce Aylward, Executive Director, Outbreaks and Health Emergencies (ai), WHO
Title
WHO Press Conference
Listen to the audio
ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCWHO20160304.mp3
WHO update on global response to microcephaly, neurological disorders and Zika virus
Organizations
WHO
5 years 5 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AZERBAIJAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
04 March 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Vaqif Sadiqov, the new Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Sadiqov had been serving as Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Italy and Permanent Representative to the Rome-based United Nations agencies since 2010. He was also accredited as non-resident Ambassador to Malta and San Marino. From 2004 to 2010, he served as Deputy Foreign…
5 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
03 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the relationship between climate change and the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Choi Kyonglim, President of the Human Rights Council, said that in its resolution 29/15 on human rights and climate change, the Council had decided to hold a panel discussion on the adverse impact of climate change on States’ efforts to progressively realize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and…
5 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ON ADEQUATE HOUSING
03 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council held today a clustered interactive dialogue with John Knox, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, and Leilani Farha, Special Rapporteur on adequate housing.
Mr. Knox said his report focused on two aspects of his mandate, namely on clarifying the human rights obligations relating to climate change, and on methods of implementing those obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Increasing temperatures adversely affected a vast range of…
5 years 5 months ago
COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL ADVISER ON THE PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE AND SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
03 March 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Adama Dieng, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the prevention of genocide, and Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.
Mr. Dieng addressed the progress made on the prevention of genocide, as well as specific and serious concerns that were affecting the implementation of his mandate. The increasing and alarming disregard for international human rights and humanitarian law in many situations…
5 years 5 months ago
Press stakeout by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria
03 March 2016
Press Conference Announcement
Title
Press stakeout by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria
Listen to the audio
ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/Stakeout_de_Mistura_Egeland.mp3
Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
