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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES ITS TWENTY-FIRST SESSION

GENEVA (10 August 2018) - The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its twenty-first session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 6 to 10 August 2018 At the opening of the session, Eduardo Eguiguren, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, addressed the…

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES SIXTY-FOURTH SESSION

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Mauritania, Russian Federation, Seychelles, and Chile The Committee against Torture this morning concluded its sixty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Mauritania,…

UN Geneva Press Briefing

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of…

UN Geneva Press Briefing

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Associations, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological…

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETINGS OF EXPERTS TO CONVENE IN GENEVA FROM 7 TO 16 AUGUST 2018

The 2018 Meetings of Experts to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) begin today at the United Nations Office at Geneva and will conclude on 16 August. This is the first set of such meetings in the new 2018-2020 intersessional process. In December 2017, the BWC Meeting of States Parties agreed…

UN Geneva Press Briefing

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Presentation of Credentials

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

Gian Lorenzo Cornado, the new Permanent Representative of Italy 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. Cornado had been serving as Chief of Staff…

TWENTY-FIRST SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO BE HELD IN GENEVA FROM 6 TO 10 AUGUST 2018

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its twenty-first session from 6 to 10 August 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Chamber (Room XX) at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Committee will continue its discussions on regional arrangements…

Presentation of Credentials

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

Cleopa Kilonzo Mailu, the new Permanent Representative of Kenya 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. Mailu had been serving as Cabinet Secretary…

UN Geneva Press Briefing

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International…