5 years 2 months ago
Press stakeout by the UN Deputy Secretary-General
13 June 2016
Press Conference Announcement
Jan Eliasson, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, will hold a brief press stakeout before he addresses the Human Rights Council.
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Press stakeout by the UN Deputy Secretary-General
Listen to the audio
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Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
5 years 2 months ago
Launch of the Global Peace Index 2016
10 June 2016
| Michael Møller
Speech
10 juin 2016Lancement du "Global Peace Index 2016"
Opening remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Launch of the Global Peace Index 2016
Friday, 10 June 2016, 12:30 - 13:30
Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Mr. Killelea,
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Dear friends:
I am very pleased to open this event to launch the 2016 edition of the Global Peace Index here in Geneva. The Index has become a major reference for academics and policy makers alike and much of this success is thanks to the personal…
5 years 2 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 June 2016
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the World Trade Organization and the Human Rights Council. Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council (HRC), informed that the Council would hold its thirty-second session from 13 June to 1 July. The session would…
5 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS REVIEWS THE INITIAL REPORT OF BURKINA FASO
10 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Burkina Faso on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report, Bessolé René Bagoro, Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Civic Affairs of Burkina Faso, said that the implementation of the Covenant, which Burkina Faso had ratified in 1999, had been hampered by the popular uprising in 2014 and the attempted coup d’état in 2015. The recent Presidential,…
5 years 2 months ago
MONTENEGRO JOINS PROTOCOL V TO THE CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
10 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
On 20 May 2016, Montenegro joined the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW Protocol V).
Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast of the Netherlands, President-designate of the Protocol’s Tenth Conference, welcomed Montenegro to the Protocol. He said, “We have much to learn from Montenegro’s experiences of clearing explosive remnants of war and securing stockpiles of munitions with limited…
5 years 2 months ago
Official Welcoming Ceremony of the SIDS Delegates without Permanent Mission in Geneva attending HRC 32
09 June 2016
| Michael Møller
Speech
9 juin 2016Cérémonie d'accueil des délégués des petits États insulaires en développment, sans Mission permanente à Genève et assistant à la trente-deuxième session du Conseil des droits de l'homme
Welcoming remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Official Welcoming Ceremony of the SIDS Delegates without Permanent Mission in Geneva attending HRC 32
Thursday, 9 June 2016, 09:00 - 09:30
Room XX, Palais des Nations
Mr. President of the Human…
5 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF HONDURAS
09 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Honduras on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Introducing the report, Licenciado Ricardo Leonel Cardona, State Secretary, Ministry for Development and Social Inclusion of Honduras, condemned the murder of Berta Cáceres, a leader in the defence of indigenous rights, and said that the crime would not go unpunished. Over the past five years, Honduras had significantly…
5 years 2 months ago
Near-verbatim transcript of press stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura
09 June 2016
Press Conferences
My apologies but I just finished a long and intense discussion at the Humanitarian Taskforce and in view of the fact that there are so many issues coming up and being discussed, I had to stay until the end, of course, so my apologies for keeping you waiting.
One or two general comments and then of course I will also address some issues related not only to the humanitarian aspect because it is only fair that we do so, since I am wearing today both hats, since Jan Egeland is abroad.
One general thing is that being this the holy month of Ramadan, we were…
5 years 2 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference
09 June 2016
Press Conference Announcement
Benyam Mezmur (Chair) Kirsten Sandberg Suzanne Aho Assouma Jorge Cardona
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OHCHR Press Conference
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Concluding Observations by the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Samoa, Nepal, UK, Slovakia, Pakistan, Gabon, Bulgaria and Luxembourg
Organizations
OHCHR
5 years 2 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KAZAKHSTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
09 June 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Zhanar Aitzhanova, the new Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan 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. Aitzhanova had been serving as Minister of Economic Integration of Kazakhstan since 2011. From 2010 to 2011, she served as Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Kazakhstan. She was Vice Minister of Industry and Trade of Kazakhstan from 2003 to…
