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08 December 2006
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRD SESSION LARGELY DEVOTED TO ORGANIZATION OF FUTURE WORK
08 December 2006
Press Release
Decides to Prepare the Durban Review Conference and Establishes Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards in the Fight Against Racism
The Human Rights Council today concluded its third regular session, which was held from 29 November to 8 December. During the session, which…
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PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL APPOINTS CHRISTINE CHINKIN TO SERVE ON HIGH-LEVEL FACT-FINDING MISSION TO BEIT HANOUN
06 December 2006
Press Release
The President of the Human Rights Council, Luis Alfonso De Alba, has appointed Christine Chinkin of the United Kingdom as a member of the high-level fact-finding mission established by the Council at its special session of 15 November in connection with the Israeli military…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN DARFUR
05 December 2006
Press Release
The Human Rights Council will hold its fourth special session on Tuesday, 12 December on the situation of human rights in Darfur.
The special session is being convened following a request by the Ambassador of Finland and has been signed by 33 Member States.
The request for the special session reads as follows…
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05 December 2006
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,…
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01 December 2006
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health…
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE OF JAN EGELAND, STEPPING DOWN NEXT MONTH AS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, ON THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION WORLDWIDE
29 November 2006
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Jan Egeland held his last press conference this morning in Geneva in his capacity as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, a post to which he was appointed in 2003. He will be stepping down next…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES SECOND SESSION AFTER ADOPTING EIGHTEEN TEXTS
29 November 2006
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In Presidential Statement, Council Postpones Twenty Draft Texts for Consideration at Later Sessions
The Human Rights Council today concluded its second session in which it adopted 18 texts, including on human rights and access to water, extreme poverty, the occupied Syrian Golan, the right to truth, incompatibility…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SENEGAL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
28 November 2006
Presentation of Credentials
Moussa Bocar Ly, the new Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ly has been simultaneously serving, since 1993, as Councillor to the Embassy of…
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28 November 2006
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World…
