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“World Economic Forum – 2017 Annual Curators Meeting of the Global Shapers”
11 September 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
11 septembre 2017"Edition 2017 de la Réunion Annuelle des Conservateurs des Global Shapers du Forum Economique Mondial"
Message by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“World Economic Forum – 2017 Annual Curators Meeting of the Global Shapers”
Room XVIII, Palais des Nations
Monday, 11 September 2017, at 09h00
Professor Schwab,
Hub Curators,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
What does it mean to be a “curator”? Nowadays, a curator is a specialist responsible for a museum or an art…
3 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND ON TRUTH, JUSTICE AND REPARATION
11 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
Hears Addresses by Ministers of Qatar, Venezuela, Finland, United Kingdom and Bolivia, and by the Cambodian Human Rights Committee
The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Houria Es-Slami, Chairperson of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances, and with Pablo De Greiff, Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence.
The Council also heard addresses by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Minister for Foreign…
3 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS SEVENTY-SIXTH SESSION
11 September 2017
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its seventy-sixth session this morning, hearing an address by Orest Nowosad, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, which includes the review of the situation of children’s rights and the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols in Ecuador, Tajikistan, Cyprus, Denmark, Republic of…
3 years 11 months ago
UNCTAD Press Conference
11 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Embargo 14 September 2017, 5 p.m. GMT / 7 p.m. CET Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General Richard Kozul-Wright, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
Title
UNCTAD Press Conference
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Publication of the Trade and Development Report 2017
Organizations…
3 years 11 months ago
Press briefing requested by the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar
11 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar
Title
Press briefing requested by the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar
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Gulf crisis.
Organizations
United…
3 years 11 months ago
Press Conference requested by the Mission of Finland
11 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
The President of the Third Conference of States Parties of the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP3 of the ATT), H.E. Ambassador Klaus Korhonen of Finland, and members of civil society will brief the press about CSP3 of the ATT and expectations related to it. CSP3 of the ATT commences on Monday 11 September 2017 and runs until Friday 15 September 2017. H.E. Ambassador Klaus Korhonen, President of the Third Conference of States Parties of the Arms Trade Treaty Anni Lahtinen, Secretary General, Committee 100 Finland, Delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland to the Third…
3 years 11 months ago
Concert of the United Nations Orchestra on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Switzerland's Accession to the UN
10 September 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
10 septembre 2017Concert de l’Orchestre des Nations Unies à l’occasion du 15e anniversaire de l’adhésion de la Suisse à l’ONU
Message de M. Michael Møller
Secrétaire général adjoint
Directeur général de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève
Concert de l’Orchestre des Nations Unies à l’occasion du 15e anniversaire
de l’adhésion de la Suisse à l’ONU
Dimanche 10 septembre 2017, à 17h00
Rue du Général-Dufour 14, 1204 Genève
Monsieur le Président de la Confédération
Monsieur, le Secrétaire général ;…
3 years 11 months ago
Concert of the United Nations Orchestra on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Switzerland's Accession to the UN
08 September 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
8 septembre 2017Concert de l’Orchestre des Nations Unies à l’occasion du 15e anniversaire de l’adhésion de la Suisse à l’ONU
Message de M. Michael Møller
Secrétaire général adjoint
Directeur général de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève
Concert de l’Orchestre des Nations Unies à l’occasion du 15e anniversaire
de l’adhésion de la Suisse à l’ONU
Vendredi 8 septembre 2017, à 20h00
La Marive, Yverdon-les-Bains
Excellences ;
Chers musiciens ;
Mesdames et Messieurs :
C’est un grand plaisir pour moi de…
3 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
08 September 2017
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Peacekeeping Operations
Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General…
3 years 11 months ago
Human Rights Council Press Conference
08 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
Mr. Rolando Gómez, Public Information Officer, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human Rights Council Branch
Title
Human Rights Council Press Conference
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Background Briefing on the 36th regular session of the Human Rights Council
Organizations…
