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23 December 2008
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.
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19 December 2008
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…
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16 December 2008
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme and…
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12 December 2008
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the…
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SECOND GENEVA LECTURE ON “ARE HUMAN RIGHTS UNIVERSAL?” HELD ON 10 DECEMBER
12 December 2008
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Director-General of UNOG Opens Lecture, Nobel Prize Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Wole Soyinka Participate
More than 1,000 people attended the Second Geneva Lecture on the question “Are Human Rights Universal?”, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on Wednesday 10 December 2008 to mark Human Rights Day and the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES COMMEMORATIVE SESSION FOR THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
12 December 2008
Press Release
From Abkhaz to Zulu, the Universal Declaration was the world’s most translated document, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the commemorative session of the Human Rights Council held in Geneva today on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TUNISIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
11 December 2008
Presentation of Credentials
Abdelwaheb Jemal, the new Permanent Representative of Tunisia 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. Jemal had been serving since 2001 as Deputy Secretary-General of the Rassemblement…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD SESSION ON 12 DECEMBER FOR SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
09 December 2008
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United Nations Secretary-General, High Commissioner for Human Rights and Dignitaries to Participate in Commemorative Session
The Human Rights Council will hold a commemorative session on Friday 12 December on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LIBERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
09 December 2008
Presentation of Credentials
Dudley McKinley Thomas, the new Permanent Representative of Liberia 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. Thomas had been serving as Liberia’s Ambassador to France since 2005,…
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09 December 2008
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s…
