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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
30 October 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, UN-Habitat, and the International Labour Organization.
COVID-19 testing for regional truckers in Kenya
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS ONLINE MEETING
29 October 2020
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today held an online meeting during which it heard from two of its members as well as a joint statement by non-governmental organizations.
Rhoda Reddock, Committee Member and Chairperson of the Pre-sessional Working Group for the…
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GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES ITS EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
28 October 2020
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The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Vice-Presidency of Belgium, concluded its eighty-seventh session today.
Delegations from Iraq and Kuwait addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening plenary meeting.
The Governing Council considered reports related to the work of the…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MYANMAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
28 October 2020
Presentation of Credentials
Myint Thu, the new Permanent Representative of Myanmar 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 appointment to Geneva, Mr. Thu…
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UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SYRIA GEIR O. PEDERSEN BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL
27 October 2020
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AS DELIVERED
Thank you, Mr. President,
Today, I am briefing you from Beirut.
1. As we mark this month twenty years since the passage of Security Council resolution 1325, let me recall the central role that Syrian women must play and are indeed playing in the political process mandated by resolution 2254 – as members of…
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27 October 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Meteorological…
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UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $ 230 MILLION
27 October 2020
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Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission to Hold its Eighty-seventh Session on 28 October
The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $ 230 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance.
With this payment, the…
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COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS SEVENTY-SEVENTH ONLINE SESSION
26 October 2020
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The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventy-seventh online session. It heard a statement by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the United…
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United Nations turns 75; world honours the organization by going blue
24 October 2020
The Palais des Nations and the Jet d'eau in Geneva, as well as the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, were among more than 250 emblematic buildings and monuments in Europe that were lit up in blue this Saturday, 24 October to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN).
From the Torre de Belém in Lisbon, the Grand Place in Brussels or the Peace Palace in The Hague,…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
23 October 2020
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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