3 years 8 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES SIXTY-SECOND SESSION
06 December 2017
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Italy, Mauritius, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda and Timor-Leste
The Committee against Torture today concluded its sixty-second session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Italy, Mauritius, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda and Timor-Leste on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
The Committee’s concluding observations and…
3 years 8 months ago
COUNCIL CONCLUDES TWENTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL SESSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF THE ROHINGYA MUSLIMS AND OTHER MINORITIES IN MYANMAR
05 December 2017
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The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the human rights situation of the minority Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. In a resolution, the Council condemned the alleged systematic and gross violations of human rights and abuses committed against persons belonging to the Rohingya Muslim community and other minorities in Myanmar, and requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to track progress concerning the human rights…
3 years 8 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTS VOJISLAV ŠUC OF SLOVENIA AS ITS PRESIDENT FOR 2018
04 December 2017
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Geneva, 4 December 2017 (Issued as received) -- The Human Rights Council this afternoon elected Ambassador Vojislav Šuc, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, to serve as its President for a one-year term beginning on 1 January 2018.
The Council also appointed Ambassador Antje Leendertse of Germany to serve as one of its four vice presidents, representing the Western European and Other Group. The current President of the Council, Ambassador Joaquin Alexander Maza Martelli of El Salvador, noted that the nominations of the…
3 years 8 months ago
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENE IN GENEVA FROM 4 TO 8 DECEMBER 2017
01 December 2017
Press Release
The 2017 Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 4 to 8 December 2017. This is the first such meeting in the new 2017-2020 intersessional process that was mandated by the Eighth BWC Review Conference in 2016.
In accordance with the decision of the Eighth Review Conference, this year’s meeting will seek to make progress on issues of substance and process for the period before the Ninth Review Conference, with a view to reaching consensus on an…
3 years 8 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD A SPECIAL SESSION ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE ROHINGYA AND OTHER MINORITIES IN RAKHINE STATE IN MYANMAR ON 5 DECEMBER 2017
28 November 2017
Press Release
The Human Rights Council will hold a special session on "the human rights situation of the minority Rohingya Muslim population and other minorities in the Rakhine State of Myanmar" on Tuesday, 5 December starting at 10 a.m. in Room XX of the Palais des Nations.
The special session is being convened following an official request by Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia, and supported by 73 States, which was received today.
In order for a special session to be convened, the support of one-…
3 years 8 months ago
Press Release from the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions
28 November 2017
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51st meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism
Russian Version
On 28 November 2017, the 51st meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the United Nations chairmanship with the participation of Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring Mission) representatives. The overall security situation on the ground since the previous IPRM meeting of 25 October 2017 was assessed as calm and stable. The positive assessment of value and important…
3 years 8 months ago
UN GENEVA AND QATAR SIGN AGREEMENT ON THE RENOVATION OF ROOM XIX AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS
23 November 2017
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Geneva, 23 November 2017 - A Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations Office at Geneva and the State of Qatar was signed today for the renovation and refurbishment of Room XIX of the Palais des Nations.
The agreement was signed by Michael Møller, Director-General of UN Geneva, and H.E. Ali Al-Mansouri, Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva.
“We are very grateful to the State of Qatar for their generous donation, which will allow us to renovate one of the biggest…
3 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION
17 November 2017
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Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Burkina Faso, Singapore, Paraguay, Nauru, Israel, Kuwait, Kenya, Oman, Norway, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Monaco and Guatemala
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its sixty-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Burkina Faso, Singapore, Paraguay, Nauru, Israel, Kuwait,…
3 years 9 months ago
CCW GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS TO MEET NEXT WEEK
10 November 2017
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A Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), which was established in 2016 by the Fifth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), will meet for the first time from 13 to 17 November.
The GGE will be chaired by Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill of India. It has been mandated with examining emerging technologies in the area of LAWS, and has drawn great interest. Participation is expected from a wide array of stakeholders, including many of the…
3 years 9 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES METHODS OF WORK AND CLOSES ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIRST SESSION
10 November 2017
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Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Australia, Jordan, Mauritius, Cameroon and Romania
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and twenty-first session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Australia, Jordan, Mauritius, Cameroon and Romania, which it considered during the session. The Committee also adopted the progress report on…
