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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS THE WORK OF ITS NINETY-THIRD SESSION
31 July 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its ninety-third session, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts of Kuwait, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Djibouti, Tajikistan, Canada and New Zealand. The Committee heard an address by Adam…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 July 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service at UN Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, World Health Organisation, International Telecommunication…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DICUSSES METHODS OF WORK AND CONCLUDES ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTIETH SESSION
28 July 2017
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Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Honduras, Mongolia, Madagascar, Pakistan and Swaziland
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and twentieth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Honduras, Mongolia, Madagascar,…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF MARZUKI DARUSMAN AS CHAIR OF MYANMAR FACT-FINDING MISSION
27 July 2017
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GENEVA, 27 July 2017 -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli (El Salvador), has decided to establish a new composition of the Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar and appoint Mr. Marzuki Darusman (Indonesia) to serve as a member and its Chair…
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Press Release from the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions
26 July 2017
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On 26 July 2017, the 48th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the chairmanship of the United Nations (UN). Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring Mission) representatives took part in the meeting.
The overall security situation on the…
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25 July 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization.Global
Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, called attention to a…
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21 July 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Pakistan
William Spindler, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), introduced a new member…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION
21 July 2017
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Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Italy, Thailand, Romania, Costa Rica, Montenegro, Barbados, Niger and Nigeria
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its sixty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and…
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18 July 2017
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the 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 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVAKIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
17 July 2017
Presentation of Credentials
Juraj Podhorsky, the new Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Podhorsky was the Director of the Office of the Minister, Ministry…
