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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
07 March 2017
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Syria
Michael Contet, for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), said that the Special Envoy, Staffan de Mistura, was on his way to New York today. In New York, he would report on 8 March to the Security…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES LATEST MISSILE LAUNCH BY THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
07 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
Delegations Welcome the Draft Proposal of the Programme of Work Presented by the Russian Federation
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting in which numerous delegations strongly condemned the previous day’s launch of four ballistic missiles by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Conference also heard from a number of delegations, who acknowledged the receipt of the draft proposed programme of work, presented by the Russian Federation, which would be further analysed and discussed in the coming days…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON TRUTH, JUSTICE AND REPARATION AND ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION
07 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Pablo De Greiff, Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, and with Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief.
Mr. De Greiff in his report detailed aspects of the role of victims which was noted in discussions of transitional justice. The participation of victims had become “a sort of mantra” in the field, he said, underscoring that the…
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COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF CUBA
07 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Cuba on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, Deputy General Director of Multilateral Affairs and International Law at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, explained that enforced disappearances used to be a common practice in Cuba until the revolutionary process put an end to it in 1958. Currently, there were no cases of enforced disappearances or secret…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF BANGLADESH
07 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Bangladesh on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Presenting the report of Bangladesh, Anisul Huq, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of Bangladesh, said that Bangladesh had acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 2000 and submitted its first report in 2015. Bangladesh had been born in 1971 after a heroic armed struggle against Pakistan. The birth of a sovereign country had been premised on the…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
07 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with Marta Santos Pais, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, and with Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict.
Ms. Santos Pais, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, said that freedom from violence was a fundamental right and noted that there were many…
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COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATIONS OF REPORTS ON THE RIGHTS TO PRIVACY AND ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
07 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the presentation of reports by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to privacy Joseph Cannataci, and by the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography Maud de Boer-Buiquicchio.
In his presentation, Mr. Cannataci said his report focused on government surveillance activities. Governmental surveillance deserved more attention than ever, and he was deeply concerned that the right to privacy would not…
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IPU Press Conference
07 March 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Martin Chungong, IPU Secretary General
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND THE 2030 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
06 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held the first part of its annual meeting on the rights of the child, with a panel discussion on the protection of the rights of the child in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
In opening remarks, Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that to safeguard the future of the planet, the future of all children had to be put front and centre in development and peace efforts. The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda was an…
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COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES OPENS ITS TWELFTH SESSION IN GENEVA
06 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its twelfth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing an address by Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Mr. Walker, in his opening remarks, stressed that the end of 2016 had been marked by the evaluation of the functioning of the Committee by the First Conference of States Parties. He said that the outcome was very positive and outlined that, during the…
