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UNHCR Press Conference
15 June 2016
Press Conference Announcement
Embargo 5 a.m. GMT on Monday 20 June 2016 (7 a.m. CEST) Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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UNHCR Annual Global Trends Report: Embargoed Pre-Press Conference with the High Commissioner
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
15 June 2016
Presentation of Credentials
Lazaro Ekua Avomo, the new Permanent Representative of Equatorial Guinea 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. Ekua Avomo had been serving as Counsellor at the Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Brasilia, Brazil from 2013 to 2015. He served at the Embassy in Brasilia from 2005 to 2010 as Third Secretary, and then as Second Secretary from 2010 to 2013.
After joining the diplomatic…
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PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL APPOINTS MEMBERS OF MONITORING MISSION ON SOUTH SUDAN
14 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
GENEVA (Issued as received)-- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Choi Kyonglim (Republic of Korea), announced today the appointment of Ms. Yasmin Sooka (South Africa), Mr. Kenneth R. Scott (USA) and Mr. Godfrey M. Musila (Kenya), to serve as the three members of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan. Ms. Sooka will serve as Chair of the three-person commission.
The Council decided to establish, for a period of one year, the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan at its thirty-first session on 23 March 2016, to monitor and…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES THE FIRST FOUR ITEMS ON ITS AGENDA
14 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a discussion on the first four items on its agenda: cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament; prevention of nuclear war, including all related matters; prevention of an arms race in outer space; and effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.
Kazakhstan stated that it prioritized nuclear disarmament as the most pressing issue, which should be seen as a major goal of the humanity for the twenty-first century. Pakistan stressed…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON HIGH COMMISSIONER’S UPDATE
14 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
Council Appoints Members of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on the High Commissioner’s update. The President of the Council also announced the appointment of
members of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan.
The President said he had appointed Yasmin Sooka of South Africa, Kenneth R. Scott of the United States, and Godfrey M. Musila of Kenya to the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, pursuant to resolution A/HRC/31/L.33 on the situation of human rights in South Sudan.…
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COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES REVIEW OF THE REPORT OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
14 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning concluded consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic report of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Introducing the report, Ibrahim Ibrahimi, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, updated the Committee on the latest developments in the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights. An important development in that respect was the establishment of a mechanism for protection…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 June 2016
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.United Nations Secretary-General
The Secretary-General was in Brussels today, where he was participating in the European Development Days…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS AND ON EXTREME POVERTY
14 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today held a clustered interactive dialogue with François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, and with Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
Mr. Crépeau presented his report on the impact of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements on the human rights of migrants. Although trade relations had significantly advanced economic growth, a constructive assessment of the ways in which the international trade regime had unfolded revealed deeply entrenched power…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS BY EXPERTS ON THE RIGHT TO HEALTH AND ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
14 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea also Addresses the Council
The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard a presentation by the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, who was joined by the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery in presenting their joint report based on their visit to Nigeria to examine measures taken to rehabilitate and reintegrate women and children who escaped or were liberated from Boko Haram…
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WMO Press Conference
14 June 2016
Press Conference Announcement
David Carlson, Director, World Climate Research Programme
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WMO Press Conference
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The state of the climate in 2016 (an update on the record temperatures, especially in Arctic regions, seen so far this year, and other extreme climate events).
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