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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON PREVENTABLE MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
09 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on preventable maternal mortality and morbidity as a human rights priority for all States, including in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In opening remarks, Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, reminded that every day, 800 women and girls died of pregnancy and childbirth. It was a loss that represented waste in an era of scarcity, and a tragedy in an era when the…
4 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES MEETS WITH MEMBER STATES AND CIVIL SOCIETY
09 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon held separate meetings with Member States of the United Nations and one non-governmental organization. Meeting with States Parties
SANTIAGO CORCUERA CABEZUT, Chairperson of the Committee, called upon all States that were not party to the Convention to ratify it. He stressed that the Convention had celebrated its tenth birthday. A plenary had been held in 2016 during the General Assembly with the purpose of celebrating that anniversary. On that occasion, the High Commissioner for Human Rights had sent a…
4 years 5 months ago
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PRESENTS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
08 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Rights to Privacy and on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
The Human Rights Council this morning heard Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, present his annual report. The Council also concluded its interactive dialogue on the rights to privacy and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
High Commissioner Zeid briefed the Council on more than 30 country and regional situations. An interactive dialogue will be held with…
4 years 5 months ago
THE COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF SENEGAL
08 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Senegal on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
Coly Seck, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, explained that Senegal had ratified the Convention on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance in 2008. It was the third African country after Tunisia and Burkina Faso to do so. Although the specific crime of…
4 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
08 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with John Knox, the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, and Hilal Elver, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
Mr. Knox, the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, presented his report on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. The report underscored that the full enjoyment of human rights depended on healthy ecosystems, and…
4 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF SERBIA
08 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Serbia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report of Serbia, Suzana Paunović, Acting Director of the Office for Human and Minority Rights of the Republic of Serbia, said that Serbia was devoted to further developing its democratic society. According to the Constitution of Serbia, generally-accepted principles of international law and ratified international instruments composed an integral part of the domestic…
4 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON ACCESS TO MEDICINES
08 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion to exchange views on good practices and key challenges relevant to access to medicines as one of the fundamental elements of the right to health.
Opening the panel discussion, Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, noted that today, millions lived without access to affordable medicines; only half of those living with HIV/AIDS had access to anti-retroviral therapies, and women and girls were routinely denied their rights and access to essential medicines, with a consequence to their…
4 years 5 months ago
Transcript of the Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura's Stakeout after Briefing the Security Council on the Outcomes of Geneva 4
08 March 2017
Press Conferences
Good afternoon. President of the Security Council briefed you I was not there when he did but from what I understand on the main conclusion and outcomes of the Geneva 4th round of talks and I will be doing my own comments on that basis. I just briefed the Security Council on the 4th round and you must have seen my own press conference in Geneva last Friday, but I will also release to all of you my own briefing. It is as you know a closed meeting but in this specific case it was very complicated and it…
4 years 5 months ago
Staffan de Mistura, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Briefing to the Security Council on the outcomes of Geneva 4
08 March 2017
Press Conferences
For Arabic version click here.
Mr. President,
1. Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council following the fourth round of intra-
Syrian talks that concluded in Geneva last Friday, 3 March 2017. I will be releasing this briefing
publicly as an aide to the invitees and all interested Syrians, as well as to the wider international
community, so that all can understand what took place in Geneva and what lies ahead. And I am
glad to be briefing you on International Women’s Day, since the voices and influence of…
4 years 5 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference (Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food and on Hazardous Substances and Wastes)
08 March 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Ms. Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Mr. Baskut Tuncak, Special Rapporteur on Hazardous Substances and Wastes
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OHCHR Press Conference (Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food and on Hazardous Substances and Wastes)
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The UN Special Rapporteur on…
