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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Closes Twenty-Fourth Virtual Session after Adopting its Concluding Recommendations on Estonia

4 years ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Closes Twenty-Fourth Virtual Session after Adopting its Concluding Recommendations on Estonia 01 April 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its twenty-fourth virtual session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial report of Estonia. Odelia Fitoussi, Rapporteur…

New Permanent Observer of International Development Law Organization presents letter of nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

4 years ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Observer of International Development Law Organization presents letter of nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 01 April 2021 Presentation of Credentials   Mark Cassayre, the new Permanent Observer of the International Development Law Organization to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 30 March 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Development…

New Permanent Representative of United Arab Emirates presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

4 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of United Arab Emirates presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 29 March 2021 Presentation of Credentials   Ahmed Aljarman, the new Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his…

Human Rights Committee Closes Online One Hundred and Thirty-first Session after Adopting Concluding Recommendations on Finland and Kenya

4 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Closes Online One Hundred and Thirty-first Session after Adopting Concluding Recommendations on Finland and Kenya 26 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its online one hundred and thirty-first session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Finland and Kenya. Photini Pazartzis, Chairperson of the Committee said this session had been one of, if not the most…

United Kingdom Tells Conference on Disarmament it Intends to Increase the Limit of its Overall Nuclear Weapons Stockpile because of the Deteriorating Nuclear Security Environment

4 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home United Kingdom Tells Conference on Disarmament it Intends to Increase the Limit of its Overall Nuclear Weapons Stockpile because of the Deteriorating Nuclear Security Environment 26 March 2021 Meeting Summaries     The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting under the Presidency of Bulgaria, in which it heard the United Kingdom brief the Conference on its Integrated Review of Security,…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 26 March 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. UNHCR reaches destroyed camps in northern Tigray Boris Cheshirkov, for the United…

ROUNDUP - Human Rights Council Concludes Forty-Sixth Regular Session after Adopting 30 Resolutions and One Decision

4 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home ROUNDUP - Human Rights Council Concludes Forty-Sixth Regular Session after Adopting 30 Resolutions and One Decision 24 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   Council Extends 10 Thematic and Country-Specific Mandates, Highlights the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes for 14 States, and Appoints Six Mandate Holders   The Human Rights Council this afternoon…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Extends Mandates on Syrian Arab Republic, South Sudan and Mali, Appoints Six Mandate Holders and Concludes Forty-sixth Regular Session

4 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Extends Mandates on Syrian Arab Republic, South Sudan and Mali, Appoints Six Mandate Holders and Concludes Forty-sixth Regular Session 24 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted nine resolutions in which it, among other actions, extended the mandates of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic for a period of one year, the Commission…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Renews Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Adopts Resolutions on Belarus and on the Right to Food

4 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Renews Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, Adopts Resolutions on Belarus and on the Right to Food 24 March 2021 Meeting Summaries   Also Adopts Decision on High-level Panel on the Tenth Anniversary of the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Council…