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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: report of Belgium to be reviewed
19 April 2021
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today opened its one-hundred and third virtual session during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Belgium. The Committee heard an address by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms…
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Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Suspends its Thirty-Second Session
16 April 2021
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The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon suspended its online thirty-second session after adopting its concluding observations on the second periodic report of Chile.
Can Ünver, Committee Chairperson, noting that today the Committee…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
16 April 2021
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World…
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Committee on Enforced Disappearances Asks Switzerland about Legal Definitions, Adoptions from Sri Lanka and the National Human Rights Institution
15 April 2021
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The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Switzerland on measures taken to implement the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance.…
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New Permanent Representative of United Kingdom presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
15 April 2021
Presentation of Credentials
Simon Manley, the new Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations Office at Geneva, on 15 April presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his…
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Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Discusses the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Migrants and the Ratification of the Convention in a Meeting with States and Other Stakeholders
14 April 2021
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The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States and other stakeholders, during which participants discussed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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13 April 2021
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Office of the United Nations High…
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Committee on Enforced Disappearances Opens Twentieth Session Online
12 April 2021
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New Committee Member Matar Diop from Senegal Makes Solemn Declaration
The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon opened its twentieth session online, during which it will examine the initial reports of Mongolia and Switzerland on their implementation of the provisions of the…
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In Dialogue with Chile, Committee on Migrant Workers Welcomes Positive Developments but Flags Issues Related to Expulsions
09 April 2021
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Situation of Haitians and Venezuelans, as well as New Migration Law Also Discussed
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its consideration of the…
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09 April 2021
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the International Bureau of Education of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IBE-UNESCO), the United Nations Refugee…
