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Opening Ceremony - “La Salle des Emirats”, Conference Room XVII
13 June 2016
| Michael Møller
Speech
13 juin 2016Cérémonie d'inauguration de la "Salle des Emirats", Salle de conférence XVII
Opening remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Opening Ceremony
“LA SALLE DES EMIRATS”
Conference Room XVII
Palais des Nations, Geneva
On Monday, 13 June 2016 at 14:00
Deputy-Secretary-General;
Your Excellency Dr. Maitha Al Shamsi, Minister of
State of the United Arab Emirates;
Your Excellency Mr. Mohammed Al Muaini, Director of the
Construction and Engineering Department, UAE…
5 years 2 months ago
UN Library Talk: "The lasting legacy of a man of action: Fridtjof Nansen First High Commissioner for Refugees"
13 June 2016
| Michael Møller
Speech
13 juin 2016UN Library Talk: "The lasting legacy of a man of action: Fridtjof Nansen First High Commissioner for Refugees"
Welcome remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
UN Library Talk
The lasting legacy of a man of action:
Fridtjof Nansen First High Commissioner for Refugees
Monday, 13 June 2016, 13:00 - 14:30
Library Events Room B-135
Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson,
Ambassador Kongstad,
Excellencies,
Ms. Fosse,…
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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HEARS FROM HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS AND CIVIL SOCIETY FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, AND ANGOLA
13 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning heard from civil society organizations from the United Kingdom, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Angola.
Non-governmental organizations from the United Kingdom highlighted the severe impact of the cuts in social protection budget on low-income working families, adding that an increasing number of such families and their children were using food banks. Ethnic minorities and women…
5 years 2 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS THIRTY-SECOND SESSION, HEARS AN UPDATE BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
13 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
High-level Dignitaries from Switzerland, Viet Nam and Azerbaijan Address the Council
The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirty-second regular session, hearing an address by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein in which he updated the Council on the activities of his Office. The Council also heard from Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, who spoke on behalf of the host country, Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Vice President of Viet Nam, and Mahmud…
5 years 2 months ago
UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES INAUGURATE “LA SALLE DES EMIRATS” AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS
13 June 2016
Press Conferences
Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Maitha Alshamsi, Minister of State of the United Arab Emirates, today inaugurated “La Salle des Emirats”, the fully renovated Conference Room XVII of the Palais des Nations, the European headquarters of the United Nations.
Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, in his welcoming remarks, said that “La Salle des Emirats” combines functionality, cutting-edge technology and a design that merges…
5 years 2 months ago
Near verbatim transcript of the press stakeout by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson at the UN Office at Geneva
13 June 2016
Press Conferences
Deputy Secretary-General: Thank you very much. It is good to be back in Geneva, great to see you. I came from New York this morning. I am asked to speak at the Human Rights Council this afternoon. I was the President of the General Assembly ten years ago and conducted the negotiations creating the Human Rights Council. We have given you access to my speech so I don’t need to recall that. In my speech I look back at some of the achievements of the Human Rights Council, but I also look at some of the problems that we have…
5 years 2 months ago
UN EXPERT GROUP ALARMED BY INCREASING VIOLENCE TOWARD PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN COLOMBIA
13 June 2016
Press Release
GENEVA (Issued as received) – The United Nations Working Group of Experts of People of African Descent today expressed alarm over reports of violence toward people of African descent in Colombia, and called on the authorities to take concrete and urgent measures to protect the Afro-Colombian communities in the country.
The expert panel’s call comes at a time when several Afro-descendant leaders have been subjected to intimidation, including death threats as they continue their campaign in favour of their territorial rights.
“We are concerned that many…
5 years 2 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE OCCASION OF ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY
13 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon marked its tenth anniversary by holding a high-level panel discussion, reflecting on its achievements and challenges.
Choi Kyong-lim, President of the Human Rights Council, in his opening remarks, said that since its first session 10 years ago, the Council’s work had led to meaningful results worldwide, but that much work still remained for it to reach its full potential. The victims and the vulnerable looked to the Council for protection and the world pleaded with it to find solutions to grave situations…
5 years 2 months ago
CÔTE D'IVOIRE JOINS THE CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
13 June 2016
Press Release
On 25 May 2016, Côte d'Ivoire joined the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocol I on Non-detectable Fragments, Protocol II on Mines, Booby-traps and Other Devices, Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons and Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War.
Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of Pakistan, President-designate of the CCW’s Fifth Review Conference, welcomed Côte d'Ivoire as the 123rd States Party to the CCW. She added that Côte d’Ivoire has demonstrated its commitment to strengthening international humanitarian law and to preventing unnecessary and…
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The Secretary-General condemns the abhorrent attack carried out on 12 June in Idlib city, Syria
13 June 2016
Press Release
The Secretary-General condemns the abhorrent attack carried out on 12 June in Idlib city, Syria, which hit a vegetable market and the only bakery in the area. The apparent air strike took place while a ceasefire stipulated in the Four Towns Agreement, which covers Idlib city, had reportedly been restored over the weekend. Local sources reported that the attack left dozens of civilians, including women and children, dead or wounded.
The Secretary-General extends his deepest condolences to the bereaved families and wishes a speedy recovery to the…
