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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 28 July 2020 Presentation of Credentials Dk Mazlizah Pg Hj Mahalee, the new Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her…

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$210 MILLION

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$210 MILLION 28 July 2020 Press Release The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $210 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council resolutions 687 (1991) and 692 (1991) to process claims and pay compensation for losses…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH SESSION, ITS FIRST EVER HELD ONLINE

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH SESSION, ITS FIRST EVER HELD ONLINE 24 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   Adopts General Comment on the Right of Peaceful Assembly   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and twenty-ninth session, it first ever held online. During the session, the Committee notably adopted its General Comment on article 21 (right of peaceful assembly) of the International…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 24 July 2020 UN Geneva Press Briefing Syria Alessandra Vellucci, for the UN Information Service (UNIS), informed that the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen, in briefing to the Security Council yesterday, had said that his office had now firmed up plans to convene the third session of the Syrian-led and Syrian-owned Constitutional Committee. Earlier…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 21 July 2020 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Global Forests Resources…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MAURITIUS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

4 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MAURITIUS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 21 July 2020 Presentation of Credentials   Usha Chandnee Dwarka-Canabady, the new Permanent Representative of Mauritius to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FORTY-FOURTH REGULAR SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 23 RESOLUTIONS

4 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FORTY-FOURTH REGULAR SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 23 RESOLUTIONS 17 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   Extends Mandates on Eritrea, Education, Extrajudicial Executions, Trafficking in Persons, Leprosy, Judges and Lawyers, Persons with Disabilities, International Solidarity, Extreme Poverty, Belarus, and on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises   The…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS FOUR RESOLUTIONS, APPOINTS FOUR SPECIAL PROCEDURE MANDATE HOLDERS, AND CONCLUDES ITS FORTY-FOURTH SESSION

4 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS FOUR RESOLUTIONS, APPOINTS FOUR SPECIAL PROCEDURE MANDATE HOLDERS, AND CONCLUDES ITS FORTY-FOURTH SESSION 17 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted four resolutions dealing with the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests ; the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic ; the Social Forum ; and the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 17 July 2020 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS, EXTENDS MANDATES ON BELARUS, AND ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

4 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS, EXTENDS MANDATES ON BELARUS, AND ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES 17 July 2020 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning adopted six resolutions in which it, among other actions, extended the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, and of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and…