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Exhibition “Traveling Arpilleras”
04 September 2017
| Michael Møller
Speech
4 septembre 2017Exposition “Traveling Arpilleras”
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Exhibition “Traveling Arpilleras”
Monday, 4 September 2017, at 12:30 p.m.
Communal Space, E Building, 1st Floor, Palais des Nations
Ambassador Maurás,
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
A warm welcome to the opening of the exhibition “Traveling Arpilleras”, organized by the Permanent Mission of Chile in collaboration with Chile’s Museum of Memory and Human Rights.
The collection of Arpilleras covers a sad…
3 years 11 months ago
BURUNDI: COMMISSION OF INQUIRY CALLS ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
04 September 2017
Press Release
Geneva, 4 September 2017 (Issued as received) – The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed and continue to be committed in Burundi since April 2015, according to the Commission’s report published on Monday. These crimes are taking place in a context of serious human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests and detention, torture, sexual violence, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and…
3 years 11 months ago
OHCHR Press Conference (Commission of inquiry on Burundi)
04 September 2017
Press Conference Announcement
The press conference will be webcast live on http://webtv.un.org/Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, High Commissioner for Human Rights Fatsah Ouguergouz, President of the UN Commission of inquiry on Burundi Françoise Hampson, member of the Commission Reine Alapini Gansou, member of the Commission
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OHCHR Press Conference (Commission of inquiry on Burundi)
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LUXEMBOURG PRESENTS REDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
04 September 2017
Presentation of Credentials
Pierre-Louis Lorenz, the new Permanent Representative of Luxembourg 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. Lorenz served as Ambassador of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, as well as representing Luxembourg at the ICJ, ICC, ICTY, EUROPOL and EUROJUST…
3 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRELAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
04 September 2017
Presentation of Credentials
Michael Gaffey, the new Permanent Representative of Ireland 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. Gaffey had been working at Irish Aid since 2008, first as Deputy Director General of the Development Cooperation Division and then as Director. From 2002 to 2008, he worked at the Political Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin. He served…
