4 years 4 months ago
CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS (CCW) – LEBANON BECOMES THE 124TH STATE PARTY TO THE CCW
12 April 2017
Press Release
On 5 April 2017, Lebanon joined the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocol I on Non-detectable Fragments, Amended Protocol II on Mines, Booby-traps and Other Devices, and Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons. Lebanon also joined the Amendment to Article 1 of the Convention, which applies the CCW and its Protocols to situations of non-international armed conflicts.
Ambassador Matthew Rowland of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Chairperson-elect of the 2017 CCW Meeting of High Contracting Parties,…
4 years 4 months ago
UN SYRIA COMMISSION CONDEMNS KHAN SHIKHOUN ATTACK
04 April 2017
Press Release
Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
Arabic versionGeneva, 4 April 2017 --The Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on the town of Khan Shikhoun in southern Idlib today which reportedly killed scores of civilians. Preliminary information indicates a number of civilian casualties, including children.
Reports suggesting that this was a chemical weapons attack are extremely concerning. The Commission is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding this attack including the alleged use of…
4 years 4 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS METHODS OF WORK AND CLOSES ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEENTH SESSION
29 March 2017
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Bangladesh, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Italy, Thailand, and Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Human Rights Committee this morning held a public meeting in which it discussed its methods of work, after which the Committee closed its one hundred and nineteenth session.
Yuji Iwasawa, Committee Chairperson, informed that the Committee would be allocated more meeting time in 2018, and that, accordingly, additional staff would be hired for the Petitions Unit of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights…
4 years 4 months ago
Press Communiqué of Co-Chairs of Geneva International Discussions
29 March 2017
Press Release
The thirty-ninth round of the Geneva International Discussions was held today. The Co-Chairs welcomed the overall business-like atmosphere in which it took place.
In Working Group I dealing with security issues, the participants assessed the security situation as relatively calm and stable. There was an extensive exchange of views on a number of issues of concern, in particular detentions, investigation of the May 2016 Khurcha killing and also access to farmland along the South Ossetian Administrative Boundary Line. The constructive engagement in recent meetings of the Incident…
4 years 4 months ago
PRESIDENT OF CHILE TO ADDRESS SPECIAL MEETING OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON 29 MARCH 2017
28 March 2017
Press Release
The Human Rights Council will convene a special meeting as a matter of courtesy on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 on the occasion of the visit of Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile.
The special meeting will start at 11.30am in Room XX.
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will address the meeting through a video message.
The special meeting will be webcast live on www.webtv.un.org
For more information and media requests, please contact Rolando Gómez at +41 (0) 22 917 9711 / mailto: rgomez@ohchr.org or…
4 years 4 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRTY-FOURTH REGULAR SESSION AFTER ADOPTING 41 RESOLUTIONS AND A PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
24 March 2017
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Decides to Dispatch a Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar, Renews Mandates on Myanmar, Foreign Debt, Human Rights Defenders, Minority Issues, Adequate Housing, Iran, Mali, Freedom of Expression, Torture, Migrants, Racism, South Sudan, Syria and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
The Human Rights Council concluded its thirty-fourth regular session this afternoon after adopting 41 resolutions and a Presidential Statement on a wide range of issues. The Council also adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of 11…
4 years 4 months ago
Press Release from the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions
22 March 2017
Press Release
44th meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism
Russian verisonOn 21 March 2017, the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions (UNRGID) organized and chaired the 44th meeting of the Gali joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM). The meeting took place in a constructive and business-like atmosphere. With the aim to solve existing problems, the participants have discussed in details all agenda points in good faith.
In addition to the19 May 2016 murder case, which has…
4 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES CLOSES TWELFTH SESSION
17 March 2017
Press Release
Adopts Concluding Observations on the reports of Cuba, Ecuador and Senegal
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its twelfth session this afternoon after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Cuba, Ecuador and Senegal, whose reports were considered during the session. The Committee bid farewell to four outgoing Committee Members, and heard the Committee Rapporteur’s summary of the annual Report of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, which covered the eleventh and twelfth sessions of the Committee, and which would be presented to the General Assembly.
The…
4 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES SIXTY-SIXTH SESSION
03 March 2017
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Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Ukraine, Ireland, Jordan, El Salvador, Germany, Sri Lanka, Rwanda and Micronesia
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its sixty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Ukraine, Ireland, Jordan, El Salvador, Germany, Sri Lanka, Rwanda and Micronesia.
The Committee’s concluding observations and…
4 years 5 months ago
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CLOSES ITS SIXTIETH SESSION
24 February 2017
Press Release
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixtieth session. The week-long session focused on substantive issues, including a discussion day on the draft General Comment on business and human rights.
In closing remarks, Virginia Bras Gomes, Chairperson of the Committee, reminded that three new members had joined the Committee at the beginning of the session: Laura-Maria Craciunean-Tatu (Romania), Sandra Liebenberg (South Africa), and Michael Windfuhr (Germany). Virginia Bras Gomes had been elected Chairperson, while Mohammed…
