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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN, AND ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND PERSONS WITH ALBINISM
07 March 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, Marta Santos Pais. It also concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas Aguilar,…
3 years 5 months ago
UNHCR Press Conference
07 March 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR’s Special Envoy for the Central Mediterranean Situation
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UNHCR Press Conference
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Update on the Central Mediterranean situation
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UNHCR
3 years 5 months ago
ILO Press Conference (under embargo)
07 March 2018
Press Conference Announcement
UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 7 MARCH at 09:00 p.m. GMT (10:00 p.m. GENEVA TIME) Damian Grimshaw, Director of the ILO Research Department Shauna Olney, Chief, ILO Gender, Equality and Diversity Branch (GED)
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ILO Press Conference (under embargo)
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Launch of the study “World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women 2018 – Global…
3 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY, AND COMMERCIAL SURROGACY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SALE OF CHILDREN
06 March 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Joe Cannataci, and the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio.
Mr. Cannataci presented his third annual report, which appraised the Council of how the mandate had addressed key areas of focus over the first three years, including on the innovative means developed to fulfil the mandate such as the creation of Thematic Action…
3 years 5 months ago
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH ALBINISM
06 March 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas Aguilar, and the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ikponwosa Ero.
Presenting her report, Ms. Devandas Aguilar focused on the right of persons with disabilities to equal recognition before the law. Although the right of people of disabilities to full enjoyment of legal capacity was explicitly…
3 years 5 months ago
"The Contribution of Latin American Women to Gender Equality in the Charter of the United Nations" - International Gender Champions Initiative
06 March 2018
| Michael Møller
Speech
6 mars 2018"The Contribution of Latin American Women to Gender Equality in the Charter of the United Nations" - l'initiative du champions de l'égalité des sexes
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
“The Contribution of Latin American Women to
Gender Equality in the Charter of the United Nations”
International Gender Champions Initiative
Tuesday, 6 March 2018 at 12.00
Room XXV, Palais…
3 years 5 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
06 March 2018
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization.Human Rights CouncilRolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that on Tuesday, 6 March, at 9 a.m.,…
3 years 5 months ago
Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Eastern Ghouta, Syria
06 March 2018
Statements and Speeches
The Secretary-General is concerned about continued reports of attacks throughout the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta, which reportedly claimed the lives of more than 100 people on 5 March, as well as reports of shelling of the city of Damascus. An inter-agency convoy by the United Nations, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which was delivering life-saving humanitarian assistance to 27,500 people in need in Douma, eastern Ghouta, could not complete the delivery because of insecurity. As a result, 14…
3 years 5 months ago
Readout of UN Special Envoy for Syria's meeting today with representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey
06 March 2018
Press Conferences
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attended a meeting today with representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Turkey, hosted by the Russian Federation at its permanent mission in Geneva.
He discussed with the three guarantors important follow-up to the Sochi Final Statement and the further advancement of the Geneva political process towards the full implementation of Security Council resolution 2254 (2015).
In light of…
3 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN AND ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
06 March 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, Marta Santos Pais, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba.
Presenting her report, Ms. Santos Pais said that half of the world’s countries had adopted a comprehensive policy agenda on violence against children. Nevertheless, half of the world’s children experienced violence. Children were…
