5 years 2 months ago
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG DELIGHTED AT DECISION BY GENEVA AUTHORITIES TO SUPPORT THE RENOVATION OF THE PALAIS DES NATIONS (in French)
06 June 2016
Press Conferences
Genève, le 4 juin 2016 - Le Directeur général de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève, Michael Møller, se dit très heureux de la décision de hier du Grand Conseil de Genève d’accorder les crédits nécessaires à la rénovation du Palais des Nations, démontrant ainsi son soutien à cette Genève internationale qu’il défend ardemment depuis sa nomination à la tête du siège suisse de l’ONU.
« Je remercie sincèrement la République et canton de Genève pour ce soutien sans équivoque à la modernisation et au renforcement…
5 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION
06 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
Hears from Civil Society Organizations Regarding the Situation in France, Sweden, Honduras and Burkina Faso
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opened its fifty-eighth session this morning, adopting its agenda and hearing from a national human rights institution and non-governmental organizations from France, Sweden, Honduras and Burkina Faso, whose reports it will consider this week.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Committee heard from Carla Edelenbos, Chief of the Petitions and Inquiries Section, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms…
5 years 2 months ago
Russian Language Day 2016
03 June 2016
| Michael Møller
Speech
3 juin 2016Russian Language Day 2016
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Russian Language Day 2016
Palais des Nations
Library Events Room, B Building, 1st Floor, Door 20
Friday, 3 June 2016 at 13:00
Ambassador Borodavkin,
Excellencies,
Дамы и Господа,
Мне доставляет большое удовольствие приветствовать всех вас во Дворце наций по случаю празднования Дня русского языка. I extend my sincere thanks to Ambassador Borodavkin, the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation and the Russian Cultural Seasons for their…
5 years 2 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
03 June 2016
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.UN Secretary-General
Mr. Fawzi said that the Secretary-General was in…
5 years 2 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES SEVENTY-SECOND SESSION
03 June 2016
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Eight States and General Comment on Public Budgets to Realize the Rights of the Child
The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-second session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Samoa, Nepal, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Gabon, Pakistan, Bulgaria and Luxembourg under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its
Optional Protocols.
The concluding observations and recommendations on the reports will be made available on the Committee’s webpage…
5 years 2 months ago
Near Verbatim Transcript of the Joint press stakeout by UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Ramzy E. Ramzy and UN Senior Adviser, Jan Egeland
02 June 2016
Press Conferences
UN Deputy Special Envoy, Ramzy E. Ramzy
Good afternoon everybody. We just concluded a meeting of the Humanitarian Taskforce. It was an important and useful meeting. It comes against the backdrop of two developments, as you are aware.
There has been some positive movement in terms of humanitarian access yesterday and expectations there will be some more positive developments in the next few days, but of course we have to wait and see.
The other development of course is the deadline for the air drops of…
5 years 2 months ago
Press stakeout by the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria
02 June 2016
Press Conference Announcement
The press stakeout will be webcast live on webtv.un.org.
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_RAMZY_EGELAND_20160602.mp3
The UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Ramzy E. Ramzy, and the Senior UN Advisor, Mr. Jan Egeland, will brief the media after their meeting with the ISSG Humanitarian…
5 years 2 months ago
OCHA Press Conference
02 June 2016
Press Conference Announcement
Jamie McGoldrick, Humanitarian Coordinator, Yemen
Title
OCHA Press Conference
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ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCOCHA20160602.mp3
Humanitarian situation in Yemen.
Organizations
UNOCHA
5 years 2 months ago
IPU Press Conference
02 June 2016
Press Conference Announcement
Martin Chungong, Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union Denise Pascale Allende, Chilean MP and President of IPU’s Committee on Middle East Questions A member of parliament from the Middle East region (to be confirmed)
Title
IPU Press Conference
Listen to the audio
ftp://MVE-PWSU:vo4KeQnm@unis-ftp.unog.ch/PCIPU20160602.mp3
Outcome of the IPU Roundtable on Water for the Middle East…
