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IN DIALOGUE WITH ERITREA, COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXPRESSES HOPE THAT THE NEWFOUND PEACE WOULD CREATE A PATH FORWARD FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Experts Raise Concerns about the Human Rights Violations in the Context of the Mandatory Conscription, Urge Eritrea to Defend the Rights of Women The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Eritrea on its implementation of the…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS LAST PLENARY UNDER ALGERIAN PRESIDENCY

Consultations on the Package Containing Draft Programme of Work for the 2020 Session to Continue The Conference on Disarmament today held its last plenary under the presidency of Algeria, in the presence of Tatyana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN URGES ZIMBABWE TO CLOSE IMPLEMENTATION GAP, ADDRESS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Zimbabwe on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The Experts called on Zimbabwe to, inter alia, improve…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS PAKISTAN’S REPORT, ASKS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE DEVOLUTION AND THE UNEVEN APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fifth periodic report of Pakistan on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The Experts stressed the need for the harmonization of gender…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM KENYA AND BANGLADESH, CONTINUES INFORMAL DISCUSSION ON A PACKAGE CONTAINING DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a brief plenary meeting in the presence of Tatyana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament. Ambassador Rachid Belbaki of Algeria, President of the Conference on…
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IN DIALOGUE WITH LATVIA, COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CALLS FOR SPECIFIC GENDER EQUALITY LEGISLATION

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth to seventh periodic reports of Latvia on how it implements the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Experts urged Latvia to adopt specific gender…
UN Geneva Press Briefing

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the…
Presentation of Credentials

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

Le Thi Tuyet Mai, the new Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Le had been serving as Director-General of…
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CEDAW HEARS FROM CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS ON THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN LATVIA, PAKISTAN, ZIMBABWE AND ERITREA

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of civil society organizations from Latvia, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Eritrea, whose reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventy-fifth session, hearing a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work. Mr…