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CONCLUDING SPECIAL SESSION ON MYANMAR, HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEPLORES REMOVAL OF ELECTED GOVERNMENT

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home CONCLUDING SPECIAL SESSION ON MYANMAR, HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEPLORES REMOVAL OF ELECTED GOVERNMENT 15 February 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council today adopted a resolution in which it deplored the removal of the Government elected by the people of Myanmar in the general election held on 8 November 2020, and the suspension of mandates of members of all parliaments, and called for the restoration of the…

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opens remote sixty-ninth session

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opens remote sixty-ninth session 15 February 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its remote sixty-ninth session, hearing opening remarks by Peggy Hicks, Director of the Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CALLS FOR RELEASE OF ALL ARBITRARILY DETAINED PERSONS IN MYANMAR, AND LIFTING OF STATE OF EMERGENCY

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CALLS FOR RELEASE OF ALL ARBITRARILY DETAINED PERSONS IN MYANMAR, AND LIFTING OF STATE OF EMERGENCY 12 February 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution in which it called urgently for the immediate and unconditional release of all persons arbitrarily detained in Myanmar, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint and others,…

Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Special Session of the Human Rights Council on Myanmar: Seizure of Power by the Military Constitutes a Profound Setback for Myanmar

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Special Session of the Human Rights Council on Myanmar: Seizure of Power by the Military Constitutes a Profound Setback for Myanmar 12 February 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning opened its special session on “the human rights implications of the crisis in Myanmar”, hearing the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights say that the seizure…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 12 February 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the 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 World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and…

Member States of the Conference on Disarmament do not Reach Consensus on a Revised Draft Package on a Programme of Work for 2021

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Member States of the Conference on Disarmament do not Reach Consensus on a Revised Draft Package on a Programme of Work for 2021 10 February 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Conference on Disarmament this morning continued to hear statements on the revised draft package on a programme of work for 2021 but did not reach consensus on it.   Ambassador Marc Pecsteen of Belgium, President of the Conference on Disarmament,…

New Permanent Representative of Nicaragua presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Nicaragua presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 10 February 2021 Presentation of Credentials   Alvaro Fernando Murillo Centeno, the new Permanent Representative of Nicaragua 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…

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

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of the Gambia presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 10 February 2021 Presentation of Credentials   Muhammadou M.O. Kah, the new Permanent Representative of the Gambia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. With a career spanning more…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 09 February 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 and representatives of the Human Rights Council and the World Meteorological Organization. La Niña update Clare Nullis, for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said that the 2020-2021 La Niña…

Human Rights Council to Hold Special Session on “the Human Rights Implications of the Crisis in Myanmar” on 12 February

4 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold Special Session on “the Human Rights Implications of the Crisis in Myanmar” on 12 February 08 February 2021 Press Release   The Human Rights Council will hold a special session on “the human rights implications of the crisis in Myanmar” on Friday, 12 February. The special session will take place in a mainly virtual format starting 10 a.m. from the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations.…