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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 19 March 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Programme, the Human Rights Council…

MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights: Impunity for Violence by Police and other Law Enforcement Officials is a Reflection of All Societies and Systemic Racism within All Institutions must be Addressed

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - High Commissioner for Human Rights: Impunity for Violence by Police and other Law Enforcement Officials is a Reflection of All Societies and Systemic Racism within All Institutions must be Addressed 19 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   Council Concludes General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Starts General Debate on the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action…

AFTERNOON - High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Three Reports on the Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Occupied Syrian Golan

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Three Reports on the Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Occupied Syrian Golan 18 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   Human Rights Council Holds General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories, Starts General Debate on Follow-up to and Implementation of the Vienna…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Separate General Debates on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms and on the Universal Periodic Review

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Separate General Debates on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms and on the Universal Periodic Review 18 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held separate general debates on human rights bodies and mechanisms and on the Universal Periodic Review. In the general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms, speakers stressed the importance of the…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Liberia and Jamaica, Starts General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Liberia and Jamaica, Starts General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms 17 March 2021 Meeting Summaries     Special Procedures Are Ready to Contribute to Make the Call to Action for Human Rights a Reality, Chairperson of Coordination Committee of Special Procedures Tells Human Rights Council   The…

In dialogue with Estonia, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities expresses concerns about guardianship, COVID-19 response and situation of children with disabilities

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home In dialogue with Estonia, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities expresses concerns about guardianship, COVID-19 response and situation of children with disabilities 17 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the initial periodic report of Estonia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Bulgaria, Marshall Islands, United States and Croatia

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Bulgaria, Marshall Islands, United States and Croatia 17 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Bulgaria, Marshall Islands, United States and Croatia. Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Bulgaria were China, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Libya, Morocco,…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Panama, Mongolia, Maldives, Andorra and Honduras

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Panama, Mongolia, Maldives, Andorra and Honduras 16 March 2021 Meeting Summaries     The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Panama, Mongolia, Maldives, Andorra and Honduras. The following civil society organizations took the floor on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Panama:…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 16 March 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme (WFP),…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Belarus, Libya and Malawi

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Belarus, Libya and Malawi 16 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   Begins Consideration of Universal Periodic Review Outcome of Panama   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Belarus, Libya and Malawi. It also began its consideration of the Universal Periodic Review outcome of…