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Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Third Session

2 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twenty-Third Session 12 September 2022 Meeting Summaries   Hears Victim Testimony by the Wife of a Target of Enforced Disappearance   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its twenty-third session, during which it will examine the initial reports of Mali and the Czech Republic, and a report by Uruguay, on their implementation of…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-first Session, Hears Oral Update by the Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights

2 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Opens Fifty-first Session, Hears Oral Update by the Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights 12 September 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning opened its fifty-first session, hearing an oral update by the Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al Nashif, on global human rights developments and the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner. Ms…

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Closes Twenty-seventh Session after Adopting its Concluding Observations on Reports of Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, Macau Special Administrative Region of China,

2 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Closes Twenty-seventh Session after Adopting its Concluding Observations on Reports of Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, Macau Special Administrative Region of China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea 09 September 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

2 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 09 September 2022 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rheal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and external Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme and the World Meteorological…

Human Rights Council to Hold Fifty-first Regular Session from 12 September to 7 October 2022

2 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold Fifty-first Regular Session from 12 September to 7 October 2022 07 September 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-first regular session from 12 September to 7 October at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, currently serving as acting High Commissioner, will present the High Commissioner’s oral update…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

2 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 06 September 2022 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, the…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Germany for Prosecuting International Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse against Children, Ask About the Rise of Child Pornography Cases and Children in Armed Conflict

2 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise Germany for Prosecuting International Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse against Children, Ask About the Rise of Child Pornography Cases and Children in Armed Conflict 06 September 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth and sixth combined periodic report of Germany, with Committee Experts…

New Permanent Representative of Ghana Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

2 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Ghana Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 05 September 2022 Presentation of Credentials   Emmanuel Kwame Asiedu Antwi, the new Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

2 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 02 September 2022 UN Geneva Press Briefing Jens Laerke, Spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Food and Agricultural…

Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise South Sudan’s Child Act, Ask about the Recruitment of Children by Government Forces and Armed Groups, and about School Feeding Schemes

2 years 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Praise South Sudan’s Child Act, Ask about the Recruitment of Children by Government Forces and Armed Groups, and about School Feeding Schemes 02 September 2022 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of South Sudan, with Committee Experts praising South Sudan’s child act, and raising…