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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD ITS FORTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION FROM 24 JUNE TO 12 JULY 2019
19 June 2019
Press Release
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-first regular session from 24 June to 12 July 2019 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will open the session at 9 a.m…
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LA CONFÉRENCE DU DÉSARMEMENT DISCUTE DU PROJET RÉVISÉ DE PROGRAMME DE TRAVAIL DE LA PRÉSIDENCE VÉNÉZUÉLIENNE
18 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
La Conférence du désarmement a discuté, ce matin, du projet révisé de programme de travail proposé par le Président de la Conférence, l’Ambassadeur Jorge Valero de la République bolivarienne du Venezuela, après avoir entendu des déclarations de plusieurs délégations.
En début de…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 June 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 International Labour Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Food Programme.Update…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 June 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 World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Meteorological Organization.
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES THE PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE AND A DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK
13 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today held a thematic discussion on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, and also discussed a revised draft programme of work.
Jorge Valero, President of the Conference on Disarmament and Permanent Representative of Venezuela (Bolivarian…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAQ PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
13 June 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Hussain Mahmood Alkhateeb, the new Permanent Representative of Iraq 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. Alkhateeb had been serving as Ambassador of Iraq to…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES NEW TYPES OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF DISARMAMENT, AND TRANSPARENCY IN ARMAMENTS
12 June 2019
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today discussed items 5, 6 and 7 of its agenda concerning new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, a comprehensive programme of disarmament, and transparency in armaments. The…
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11 June 2019
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokesperson for the World Health Organization.Update on the International Labour Conference
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, confirmed, on behalf of ILO, that Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,…
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07 June 2019
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 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…
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Statement attributable to Ms. Najat Rochdi, Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on the situations in Idlib, Al Hol and Rukban
07 June 2019
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During Thursday’s Humanitarian Task Force meeting, we heard firsthand reporting from our UN colleagues based in the region about the increasingly horrific brutality in recent weeks by all parties involved in the de-escalation area in northwestern Syria, which…
