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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO MEET TO ASSESS PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT TO ELIMINATE ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES

6 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO MEET TO ASSESS PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT TO ELIMINATE ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES 26 November 2018 Press Release Representatives of 164 States parties, observer States and dozens of international and civil society organizations are gathering in Geneva between 26 and 30 November 2015 for the Seventeenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 23 November 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the…

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

6 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF VANUATU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 20 November 2018 Presentation of Credentials Sumbue Antas, the new Permanent Representative of Vanuatu 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. Antas served as Director, Department of External Trade of…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 20 November 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World…

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

6 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 20 November 2018 Presentation of Credentials Oxana Domenti, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Domenti had been serving…

Briefing to the Security Council by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura

6 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Briefing to the Security Council by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura 19 November 2018 Press Conferences Thank you, Mr President, and good to be with all of you 1. Since my last time I briefed you, the Secretary-General had announced that Mr Geir Pedersen of Norway, a good friend of mine - and an excellent choice if I may say - will be the new UN Special Envoy for Syria, following my own announcement that I will be moving on in the near future. The precise date…

COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES CLOSES FIFTEENTH SESSION

6 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES CLOSES FIFTEENTH SESSION 16 November 2018 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Japan and Portugal, and Follow-Up Observations on Mexico The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon concluded its fifteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Japan and Portugal, and follow-up observations on the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 16 November 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization and the World Health Organization.Concern for civilians in Yemen and calls for…

Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Senior Adviser, Jan Egeland

6 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Transcript of Press Stakeout by UN Senior Adviser, Jan Egeland 15 November 2018 Press Conferences JE: Thank you very much, we just completed a Humanitarian Task Force meeting. It was a meeting where we had some rare moments of feeling that we achieved, through humanitarian diplomacy, what we have so many times before failed to. First, Rukban, since January we have tried and failed to reach this most desolate place on earth, where 40,000-50,000 civilians have lingered,…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 13 November 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing REV.1 Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.Human Rights CouncilRhéal LeBlanc, for the…