2 years 11 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS OPENS ITS TWENTY-NINTH SESSION
03 September 2018
Meeting Summaries
Elects Lazhar Soualem of Algeria to Replace Khedidja Ladjel as Committee Member
The Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers this morning opened its twenty-ninth session, hearing an address by Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work.
At the beginning of the meeting, Committee Members held a minute of silence to pay tribute to Committee Member and Rapporteur, Khedidja Ladjel of Algeria, who recently passed away. The Committee agreed to elect Lazhar Soualem of Algeria to replace Ms. Ladjel.
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2 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DENMARK PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
03 September 2018
Presentation of Credentials
Morten Jespersen, the new Permanent Representative of Denmark 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. Jespersen had been serving as Under-Secretary for Global Development and Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark since 2013. He served as the Ambassador of Denmark to Nepal from 2010 to 2013, and Head of the Development Policy Department…
