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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT AND ON UNILATERAL COERCIVE MEASURES
12 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this afternoon began a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Saad Alfarargi, and with the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Idriss Jazairy.
Mr. Alfarargi recalled that in September 2017, the Council had adopted a resolution requesting the Special Rapporteur to hold regional consultations on the implementation of the right to development. The consultations were focused on…
2 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE USE OF MERCENARIES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
12 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
Hears Address by Panama’s Deputy Minister for Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation
The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, and the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes.
The Council also heard an address by Maria Luisa Navarro, Deputy…
2 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND ON ARBITRARY DETENTION
12 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances and the Working Group on arbitrary detention.
Introducing the report, Bernard Duhaime, Chair of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances, said that this year the Committee had transmitted 802 new cases of enforced disappearances to 42 States, and urged the Council had to seriously tackle the issue. The Working Group’s interim report outlined standards and public…
2 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES EXAMINES MALTA’S REPORT
12 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the initial report of Malta on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Olaph Terribile, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malta to the United Nations Office at Geneva introduced the report and said that Malta was developing the concept of the Office for Disability Issues that would manage policy implementation and direction, coordinate the discussions between all relevant stakeholders, and implement…
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Transcript of the Press Stakeout by the UN Secretary-General on Syria
12 September 2018
Press Conferences
Good afternoon.
I am here to make an appeal about the unfolding situation in Syria’s Idlib province. So much is at stake.
It is absolutely essential to avoid a full-scale battle in Idlib. This would unleash a humanitarian nightmare unlike any seen in the blood-soaked Syrian conflict.
Almost half of Idlib’s population of 2.9 million people had gone there to seek refuge from conflict elsewhere in Syria.
They include close to one million children. Their lives have been upended and they have nowhere to go.
Idlib is the last so-called “de-escalation zone” in Syria. It…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CLOSES ITS TWENTY-NINTH SESSION
12 September 2018
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Situation in Mozambique and Madagascar
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families concluded this afternoon its twenty-ninth session after adopting the concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Mozambique and Madagascar.
Ahmadou Tall, Committee Chairperson, in his concluding remarks, recalled that during the session, Alvaro Botero Navarro of Colombia had been elected as Committee Rapporteur by acclamation, and that the Committee had…
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WHO/IARC Press Conference
12 September 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Dr. Christopher Wild, Director of IARC Dr. Freddie Bray, Head of Section of Cancer Surveillance, IARC Dr. Jacques Ferlay, Scientifique section Surveillance du cancer, CIRC Dr, Etienne Krug, Director, Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, WHO
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WHO/IARC Press Conference
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Launch of the latest global cancer data The…
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REV: Press Conference UNCTAD
12 September 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Isabelle Durant – UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Mahmoud Elkhafif, Coordinator of the Assistance to the Palestinian People, UNCTAD
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REV: Press Conference UNCTAD
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Presentation of the 2018 Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people (Embargoed 12 September at 5 p.m. GMT)
Organizations…
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Human Rights Council / Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
12 September 2018
Press Conference Announcement
Mr. Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson, Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Ms. Karen Abuzayd, Member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Mr. Hanny Megally, Member of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
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Human Rights Council / Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE ORAL UPDATE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
11 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
Hears a Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela
The Human Rights Council today held a general debate on the oral update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, which she presented on Monday, 10 September. The summary of the oral update can be read here.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Council heard an address by Jorge Arreaza, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, who reminded of the fate of Chile, a country with a beautiful socialist dream, which been subjected to…
