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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
07 September 2018
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization.
Update on Geneva Consultations on Yemen
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read out…
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Briefing to the UN Security Council by the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura
07 September 2018
Press Conferences
Madam President [US Ambassador Haley],
1. Thank you, Madam President, for this opportunity. We believe this is a very appropriate timing for doing it, particularly because the focus is on Idlib. We have been hearing it during these last few days, we are all terribly concerned. All the ingredients exist for a “perfect storm” with potentially devastating humanitarian consequences, and other consequences as well.
2. First of all, a little summary of facts. I’m sure John Ging will be also able to refer to the humanitarian…
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Remarks at the end of Security Council Briefing on Idlib By Un Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan De Mistura on Idlib
07 September 2018
Press Conferences
Thank you Madam president for giving me back the floor. This time I really believe I need it because this meeting is potentially crucial -- like the, we were hoping and still hope the meeting in Tehran was and should be, and from what we are hearing there’ve been important discussions -- because time is of the essence.
Let me start myself also with a picture if I may, I don’t know whether you can see properly. [But] these are candles. And they are women, they are civilians. This is what 98.8 per cent of the people in…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS MEETS WITH STATES
05 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
Focuses on the Need to Promote the Ratification of the Convention
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States, during which participants discussed the ratification of the Convention, contributions to the Global Compact on Migration, the Committee’s outreach and communication efforts, its activities with other committees, and its work on the draft General Comment No. 5 on the right to liberty and protection against arbitrary detention of migrants.
Committee…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS THIRTY-NINTH REGULAR SESSION FROM 10 TO 28 SEPTEMBER 2018
05 September 2018
Press Release
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-ninth regular session from 10 to 28 September 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
At the opening of the session at 9 a.m. on Monday, 10 September, the Council will hear an update on the situation of human rights worldwide and on the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights by Michelle Bachelet, the newly appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
During the three-week…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS MADAGASCAR’S INITIAL REPORT
05 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Madagascar on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
Introducing the report, Harimisa Noro Vololona, Minister of Justice of Madagascar, said that irregular migration for labour purposes led to the vulnerability of workers who became easy victims of exploitation and abuse. Accordingly, the Government of…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES EXAMINES THE INITIAL REPORT OF POLAND
05 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Poland on measures taken to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Krzysztof Michałkiewicz, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy of Poland, Government Plenipotentiary for Persons with Disability, introducing the report, said that the current systems of assessment of disability and incapacity for work were being integrated into one system, while the Strategy for Persons…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS FOUR OUT OF FIVE REPORTS OF ITS SUBSIDIARY BODIES
05 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon adopted four out of five reports submitted to the Conference by its subsidiary bodies, created by decision CD/2119.
At the beginning of the meeting, Beliz Celasin Rende, Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations Office at Geneva and President of the Conference on Disarmament, stressed that the adoption of the reports of the subsidiary bodies would constitute an important step in the finalization of the annual report for the 2018 session.
Speaking in the meeting were Canada,…
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Human Rights Council
05 September 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Ambassador Vojislav Šuc (Slovenia), President of the Human Rights Council (12th cycle)
Title
Human Rights Council
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Human Rights Council, 39th regular session (10 – 28 September 2018) (A light breakfast will be served outside the Press Room)
Organizations
OHCHR…
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Press Conference - UN Special Envoy for Yemen
05 September 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Martin Griffiths, UN Special Envoy for Yemen
Title
Press Conference - UN Special Envoy for Yemen
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Briefing on the Geneva Consultations on Yemen
Organizations
United Nations Office at Geneva
