2 years 5 months ago
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC LAW ORGANIZATION PRESENTS LETTER OF NOMINATION TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
11 March 2019
Presentation of Credentials
George Papadatos, the new Permanent Observer of the European Public Law Organization to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Mr. Papadatos has been serving since 2015 as the Head of Delegation and Permanent Observer of the European Public Law Organization in Geneva to the International Labour Office, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR
11 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue with Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.
In her presentation, Ms. Lee underlined that repeated attempts to engage with the Government of Myanmar had been fruitless. She noted that thousands of people living in rural areas in Myanmar might be charged with criminal trespass under the Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Law, if they continued to use their lands as they had done for generations, but without a permit from the Government. There was a serious downplaying of…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
11 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today held an interactive dialogue with Tomas Ojea Quintana, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Speaking in a video message, Mr. Ojea Quintana presented his report based on information gathered during visits to the region, including to Bangkok and the Republic of Korea, and regretted that he continued to be denied entry to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Easing of tensions on the Korean peninsula had continued, with two summits between…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN
11 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Council today held an interactive dialogue with Javaid Rehman, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran.
Presenting his report, Mr. Rehman said that the people of Iran faced a myriad of challenges. The re-imposition of secondary sanctions by the United States had further increased such concerns and was likely to significantly impact economic and social rights, in particular the right to health. Highlighting the most critical issue in Iran, the Special Rapporteur reminded that Iranian law allowed girls as young as nine…
2 years 5 months ago
Religions and the Sustainable Development Goals
09 March 2019
| Michael Møller
Speech
9 mars 2019Les religions et les Objectifs de développement durable
Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Religions and the Sustainable Development Goals
Saturday, 09 March 2019, 13.00
New Synod Hall, Vatican City
Eminencies,
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Dear friends,
It has been a great privilege for me to share the last two and a half days with all of you. I would like to congratulate every one of you for a very rich debate and a wonderful collaborative approach to the many issues…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
08 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
Hears Presentation of Thematic Reports and Reports on Transnational Corporations and on the 2030 Agenda, Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Hears Statements on the Occasion of International Women’s Day
The Human Rights Council this morning began its general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, after hearing the presentation of thematic reports by the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES THE GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
08 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
Hears Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Marshall Islands
The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development. At the beginning of the meeting, the Council heard an address by John M. Silk, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Marshall Islands.
In his address, Mr. Silk announced the establishment of his country’s permanent presence in Geneva, through which it…
2 years 5 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
08 March 2019
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 United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.International Women’s Day
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that, in his message for International Women’s Day, the Secretary-General had stated that gender equality was fundamentally a question of power and that the balance would not begin to shift until…
2 years 5 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THE REPORT OF ANGOLA
08 March 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today concluded its review of the second periodic report of Angola on measures taken to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Introducing the report, Francisco Queiroz, Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Angola, said that during the 15 years of peace that had followed the devastating war that had lasted 27 years, concrete progress in civil and political rights was being achieved. The legal framework for the promotion and protection of human rights had evolved significantly; the revised Criminal Code, adopted earlier this year…
2 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES ITS SIXTY-FIFTH SESSION
08 March 2019
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Estonia, Cameroon, Bulgaria, Mauritius, and Kazakhstan
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixty-fifth session during which it reviewed the reports of Estonia, Cameroon, Bulgaria, Mauritius, and Kazakhstan on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The review of Slovakia, also scheduled for the session, was postponed to the Committee’s sixty-sixth session.
The Committee’s concluding observations and recommendations…
