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IN DIALOGUE WITH UZBEKISTAN, COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE EXPERTS URGE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGISLATION AND FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS INTO RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home IN DIALOGUE WITH UZBEKISTAN, COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE EXPERTS URGE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGISLATION AND FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS INTO RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 13 November 2019 Meeting Summaries Committee Experts also Flag Situation of Human Rights Defenders The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Uzbekistan on measures taken to implement the provisions of…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 12 November 2019 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Update on the Human Rights Council Rhéal…

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

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 12 November 2019 Presentation of Credentials Andrew Bremberg, the new Permanent Representative of the United States 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, Mr. Bremberg had been serving as…

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

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PAKISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 11 November 2019 Presentation of Credentials Khalil-ur-Rahman Hashmi, the new Permanent Representative of Pakistan 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, Mr. Hashmi had been serving as Director…

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS ITS SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS ITS SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION 11 November 2019 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning opened its sixty-eighth session, hearing a statement by Kyle Ward, Director a.i. of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Representative of the Secretary-General. The Committee also adopted its agenda and…

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

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CLOSES ITS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION 08 November 2019 Press Release Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Belgium, Cabo Verde, Czech Republic, Mexico and Senegal The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and twenty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Belgium, Cabo Verde, Czech Republic, Mexico and Senegal. The consideration of the report of…

Transcript of press conference at the conclusion of the first week of working sessions of the Syrian Constitutional Committee Small Body

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Transcript of press conference at the conclusion of the first week of working sessions of the Syrian Constitutional Committee Small Body 08 November 2019 Press Conferences Arabic version We have just concluded what I believe has been two weeks of successful discussions. As you remember, we opened with a formal launch last Wednesday that went very well, then the large body of 150 continued discussions about constitutional ideas and principles and how that could help…

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES ITS SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION 08 November 2019 Press Release The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded this morning its seventy-fourth session, during which it reviewed the reports of Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lithuania and Seychelles on the implementation of the provisions of the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 08 November 2019 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food…

Statement attributable to Ms. Najat Rochdi, Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, on her visit to Syria and the Situation Across the Country

5 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home Statement attributable to Ms. Najat Rochdi, Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, on her visit to Syria and the Situation Across the Country 07 November 2019 Press Release At Thursday’s Humanitarian Task Force meeting in Geneva, Ms. Najat Rochdi and the UN senior humanitarian leadership in Damascus, Amman and Gaziantep briefed members of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) on the overall humanitarian situation in Syria and…