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Conference on Disarmament continues to hear general statements

4 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Conference on Disarmament continues to hear general statements 21 January 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held a plenary meeting under the Presidency of Ambassador Marc Pecsteen of Belgium, hearing general statements by Japan, Israel, Ethiopia, Argentina, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Australia, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Colombia and Mexico. Speakers urged the…

UEFA and the United Nations Office at Geneva Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Join Forces on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Match for Solidarity

4 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UEFA and the United Nations Office at Geneva Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Join Forces on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Match for Solidarity 21 January 2021 Press Release   UEFA and the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) today concluded a Memorandum of Understanding at the House of European Football in Nyon, signed by UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Tatiana Valovaya. Having jointly…

Conference on Disarmament holds plenary meeting under the Presidency of Belgium

4 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Conference on Disarmament holds plenary meeting under the Presidency of Belgium 21 January 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting under the Presidency of Ambassador Marc Pecsteen of Belgium, hearing statements by Indonesia on behalf of the Group of 21, Malaysia, India, Germany, Ecuador, Venezuela, Spain, Italy, France, Kenya, Austria, Morocco, Algeria and Kazakhstan…

Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament: the hardest challenges but also the greatest opportunities lie ahead

4 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament: the hardest challenges but also the greatest opportunities lie ahead 19 January 2021 Meeting Summaries   Tatiana Valovaya, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the Conference, and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, this afternoon told the Conference on…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 19 January 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Conference on Disarmament opens its 2021 session under the Presidency of Belgium

4 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Conference on Disarmament opens its 2021 session under the Presidency of Belgium 19 January 2021 Meeting Summaries   Turkey Objects to the Participation of Cyprus as an Observer to the 2021 Session of the Conference and Iran Objects to the Participation of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates as Observers The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its 2021 session under the…

Committee on the Rights of the Child opens online limited eighty-sixth session

4 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child opens online limited eighty-sixth session 18 January 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of the Child today opened its online limited eighty-sixth session. Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Chairperson of the Committee, said the Committee had been working on the Third Optional Protocol, and General Comment 25, and would spare no efforts to discharge its mandate.…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

4 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 15 January 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Ethiopian refugees in Sudan…

Conference on Disarmament to hold first public plenary of its 2021 session on Tuesday, 19 January

4 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home Conference on Disarmament to hold first public plenary of its 2021 session on Tuesday, 19 January 15 January 2021 Press Release   The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will virtually hold the first public plenary of its 2021 session on Tuesday, 19 January, during which it will hear a statement by Tatiana Valovaya, Secretary-General of the Conference on…

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

4 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Cabo Verde presents credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 13 January 2021 Presentation of Credentials   Clara Manuela da Luz Delgado Jesus, the new Permanent Representative of Cabo Verde to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her…