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LE COMITÉ POUR L’ÉLIMINATION DE LA DISCRIMINATION À L’ÉGARD DES FEMMES EXAMINE LE RAPPORT DU MOZAMBIQUE

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home LE COMITÉ POUR L’ÉLIMINATION DE LA DISCRIMINATION À L’ÉGARD DES FEMMES EXAMINE LE RAPPORT DU MOZAMBIQUE 03 July 2019 Meeting Summaries Le Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination à l'égard des femmes a examiné, aujourd'hui, le rapport présenté par le Mozambique sur les mesures prises par le pays pour mettre en œuvre les dispositions de la Convention sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE SITUATION OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN TAJIKISTAN

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE SITUATION OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN TAJIKISTAN 03 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee concluded today its review of the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Tajikistan. In his opening remarks, Yusuf Rahmon, Prosecutor General of Tajikistan, said the President of Tajikistan and the Government devoted ongoing attention to honouring the country’s…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 02 July 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the International Telecommunication Union, the Human Rights Council, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE SITUATION OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN THE NETHERLANDS

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE SITUATION OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN THE NETHERLANDS 02 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee concluded today its review of the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the Netherlands. In his opening remarks, Quincy Girigorie, Minister of Justice of Curaçao, speaking as head of the delegation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, recalled that the Netherlands was a…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXAMINES THE REPORT OF QATAR

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXAMINES THE REPORT OF QATAR 02 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today examined the second periodic report of Qatar on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Soltan Bin Saad Al-Moraikhi, State…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FROM QATAR, MOZAMBIQUE AND CÔTE D’IVOIRE

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FROM QATAR, MOZAMBIQUE AND CÔTE D’IVOIRE 01 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of civil society organizations from Qatar, Mozambique and Côte d’Ivoire, whose reports will be examined during the first week of the seventy-third…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION IN GENEVA

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION IN GENEVA 01 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventy-third session, hearing a statement by Gianni Magazzeni, Chief, Universal Periodic Review Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION 01 July 2019 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twenty-sixth session, hearing a statement by Albane Prophette-Pallasco, Officer-in-Charge of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee adopted the agenda and programme of work for the session. Ms. Prophette-Pallasco said this…

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NEGATIVE SECURITY ASSURANCES

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NEGATIVE SECURITY ASSURANCES 28 June 2019 Meeting Summaries Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Addresses the Conference The Conference on Disarmament today held a discussion on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. It also heard a statement by Alexander…

Closing session of the International Conference on the question of Jerusalem “Preserving the cultural and religious character of Jerusalem”

5 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Closing session of the International Conference on the question of Jerusalem “Preserving the cultural and religious character of Jerusalem” 28 June 2019 Press Release Convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in partnership with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) CLOSING SESSION CHEIKH NIANG, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Permanent…