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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Opens Seventy-ninth Online Session

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Opens Seventy-ninth Online Session 21 June 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today opened its online seventy-ninth session, hearing a statement by Simon Walker Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief of Section One, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High…

MORNING - Vaccines against COVID-19 Must Be Considered as a Global Public Good, High Commissioner for Human Rights Tells Human Rights Council as it Opens its Forty-Seventh Regular Session

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Vaccines against COVID-19 Must Be Considered as a Global Public Good, High Commissioner for Human Rights Tells Human Rights Council as it Opens its Forty-Seventh Regular Session 21 June 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-seventh regular session, hearing from Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the Council, and Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 18 June 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the Human Rights Council, and the World Health Organization. Forty-seventh session of the…

Conference on Disarmament Holds Last Plenary under the Presidency of Cameroon

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Conference on Disarmament Holds Last Plenary under the Presidency of Cameroon 18 June 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its last plenary meeting under the Presidency of Cameroon. Ambassador Salomon Eheth of Cameroon, outgoing President of the Conference on Disarmament, recalled that nine plenary meetings had been held under his Presidency, all of which had given rise to rich,…

New Permanent Representative of  the Republic of Korea Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva   

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of  the Republic of Korea Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva    17 June 2021 Presentation of Credentials   Taeho Lee, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.   Prior to his…

New Permanent Representative of Nigeria Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Nigeria Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 17 June 2021 Presentation of Credentials   Abiodun Richards Adejola, the new Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva…

Human Rights Council to Hold its Forty-Seventh Regular Session from 21 June to 13 July 2021

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold its Forty-Seventh Regular Session from 21 June to 13 July 2021 17 June 2021 Meeting Summaries   The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-seventh regular session from 21 June to 13 July 2021 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The hybrid Council will be meeting in room XVIII with most statements delivered virtually. The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 21 June…

Conference on Disarmament Holds Thematic Discussion on New Types of Weapons of Mass Destruction and New Systems of such Weapons, including Radiological Weapons

3 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home Conference on Disarmament Holds Thematic Discussion on New Types of Weapons of Mass Destruction and New Systems of such Weapons, including Radiological Weapons 15 June 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Conference on Disarmament today held a thematic discussion on its agenda item 5 on new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, including radiological weapons. Ambassador Salomon Eheth of Cameroon, President of the Conference on Disarmament,…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

3 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 15 June 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, Unitaid, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

3 years 11 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 11 June 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on…