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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD SESSION

6 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THIRD SESSION 27 July 2018 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Algeria, Bahrain, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Liberia, and Lithuania, and on The Gambia in the absence of a report The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed its methods of work and concluded its one hundred and twenty-third session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations…

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

6 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MYANMAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 26 July 2018 Presentation of Credentials Mr. Kyaw Moe Tun, the new Permanent Representative of Myanmar 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. Kyaw Moe Tun had been serving as Director-General,…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 24 July 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization. ZimbabweElizabeth Throssell, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SEVENTIETH SESSION

6 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SEVENTIETH SESSION 20 July 2018 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Australia, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, State of Palestine, and Turkmenistan The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded today its seventieth session after adopting its concluding observations and…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 20 July 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relation Section, United Nations Information Service at the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food Programme, and the World…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 17 July 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Michele Zaccheo, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Violence in Nicaragua Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 13 July 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization. Ethiopia: Deteriorating humanitarian situation Joel Millman, for the International Organization for…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 10 July 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Conference on…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

6 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 06 July 2018 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organization.Joint Bangladesh/UNHCR verification of Rohingya refugees Charlie Yaxley, for the United Nations Refugee…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 20 RESOLUTIONS

6 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 20 RESOLUTIONS 06 July 2018 Press Release Extends Country Mandates on Belarus and Eritrea; Decides to Dispatch Two International Human Rights Experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Calls on All Parties in Syria to Work Towards a Genuine Political Transition; and Appoints Five Special Procedure Mandate Holders The Human Rights Council this…