4 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES DIALOGUES ON TERRORISM, CULTURAL RIGHTS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND PERSONS WITH ALBINISM
06 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism and with the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. The Council also concluded the clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities and with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism.
The Council…
4 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEENTH SESSION
06 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
Pays tribute to a long-time Committee Member and the “founding father of human rights,” Nigel Rodley
The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and nineteenth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee heard solemn declarations by six newly elected members of the Committee, elected a new Chairperson and other officers of the Committee, and adopted the agenda and programme of work. The Committee also paid…
4 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND THE 2030 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
06 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held the second part of its annual meeting on the rights of the child, with a panel discussion on challenges and opportunities to reinforce children’s rights through the implementation, follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda.
Peter Sørensen, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations in Geneva, served as the panel’s moderator. The panellists were Rodolfo Succar, Ombudsman for the Defense of Children and Adolescents, Santa Fe Province, Argentina;…
4 years 5 months ago
Concert by the United Nations Orchestra on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Switzerland’s membership of the United Nations
05 March 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
5 mars 2017Concert de l'Orchestre des Nations Unies à l'occasion du 15e anniversaire de l'accession à la Suisse aux Nations Unies
Remarks by Mr. Clemens Adams
Director, Division of Administration, United Nations Office at Geneva
Concert by the United Nations Orchestra on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Switzerland’s membership of the United Nations
On Sunday, 5 March 2017 at 17:00
Kultur Casino, Bern
Sehr geehrte Frau Staatssekretärin, [Pascale Baeriswyl]
Sehr geehrte Mitglieder des…
4 years 5 months ago
Stakeout by United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura - Conclusion of Intra-Syrian Talks- Geneva 4
03 March 2017
Press Conferences
Thank you very much, since this has been an intense period you would forgive me if I read some points and then of course I will take questions and be a little bit more informal but I need to be a little bit formal because after all, this is the fourth round of the intra-Syrian talks which have just been concluded.
For your information we will [in due course] be releasing a formal mediation statement, which will be available to you and to the invitees of course, and which captures in precise language where we believe we stand…
4 years 5 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
03 March 2017
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization. Intra-Syrian Negotiations
Ms. Vellucci informed that the invitees to the Intra-Syrian negotiations would be arriving at 11:30 and 12:00, and possibly at 2 p.m. today. At the moment,…
4 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DEBATE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
03 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual debate on the rights of persons with disabilities with regard to the standards set in article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on equality and non-discrimination, and the policies and practices developed under its guidance.
Mouayed Saleh, Vice-President and Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council, in his introductory remarks, said that the Council would address standards set in Article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on equality and non-…
4 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON COUNTER-TERRORISM AND ON CULTURAL RIGHTS
03 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Human Rights Defenders and on Torture
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, and the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity. The Council also concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and the Special Rapporteur on torture…
4 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH MANDATE HOLDERS ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND ON PERSONS WITH ALBINISM
03 March 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Catalina Devandas Aguilar, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, and Ikponwosa Ero, the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism.
Catalina Devandas Aguilar, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, told the Council that her report tried to remind States that they had an obligation to provide people with disabilities with the…
4 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SIXTY-SIXTH SESSION
03 March 2017
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Ukraine, Ireland, Jordan, El Salvador, Germany, Sri Lanka, Rwanda and Micronesia
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its sixty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Ukraine, Ireland, Jordan, El Salvador, Germany, Sri Lanka, Rwanda and Micronesia.
The Committee’s concluding observations and…
