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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BARBADOS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
30 June 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Bentley DeVere Gibbs, the new Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Gibbs had served for five years as the Permanent…
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Near verbatim transcript of stakeout by Mr. Jan Egeland, Senior Special Advisor to the U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Staffan de Mistura
30 June 2016
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Geneva, 30 June 2016
Good afternoon to all, we just finished the meeting of the Humanitarian Taskforce of the ISSG and a milestone in that regard was reached in Syria last night, because areas number 17 and 18 out of the 18 besieged areas on the UN list was reached.
Arbin and Zamalka hadn’t been reached…
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Near verbatim transcript of the press stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura following the Security Council meeting
29 June 2016
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New York, 29 June 2016
Good afternoon.
You already heard [from] the Chairman of the Council, the Ambassador of France. Let me first summarize what we did and then of course I will take questions.
The first point was that we all remembered with sadness and horror the terrorist attack in Istanbul. It was a…
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UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE OPENS IN GENEVA, HEARS A STATEMENT BY THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL
29 June 2016
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Peace is possible – frameworks for a way forward - United Nations Office at Geneva, 29 and 30 June 2016
(Issued as received) - The United Nations International Conference in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace opened in Geneva on 29 June. At the opening session, participants agreed that…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 June 2016
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the International Organization for Migration.United Nations Secretary-General and UNOG Director-General
Mr. LeBlanc said that the Secretary-General…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 June 2016
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Telecommunications…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SOUTH AFRICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
24 June 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko, the new Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Mxakato-Diseko had been the Deputy Director…
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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION
24 June 2016
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Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Angola, Burkina Faso, France, Honduras, Sweden, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the United Kingdom
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its fifty-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations and…
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Near verbatim transcript of joint press stakeout by Staffan de Mistura, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Jan Egeland, Senior Special Advisor, and Yacoub El Hillo, UN Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syrian Arab Republic
23 June 2016
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Geneva, 23 June 2016
SdeM. Good afternoon, again sorry, but we just finished our Humanitarian Task Force. So let me just start by first making one or two general comments on the overall picture and…
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Statement by Staffan De Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria, at informal briefing to the General Assembly
22 June 2016
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Mr. President, Excellencies,
Thank you for the invitation to join Stephen O’Brien and Ivan Simonovic at this meeting. I will obviously defer to both Stephen and to Ivan on the subjects of their own competence and professional knowledge. And I will still refer to the linkages that exist between my own mission - on behalf of the General…
