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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

12 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 26 February 2013 UN Geneva Press Briefing Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing that was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, and the…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CUBA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

12 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CUBA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 22 February 2013 Presentation of Credentials Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, the new Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Rodríguez Camejo had been serving as Director…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES TENTH SESSION

12 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES TENTH SESSION 22 February 2013 Press Release The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its tenth session after adopting two action points addressed to the Human Rights Council on human rights and issues related to hostage-taking and on new mandates. The Committee also adopted ad referendum the report of its tenth session to the Human Rights Council before concluding the session. Regarding new mandates, the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

12 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 22 February 2013 UN Geneva Press Briefing Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission on Europe, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KENYA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

12 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KENYA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 20 February 2013 Presentation of Credentials John Otachi Kakonge, the new Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Kakonge had been working since 2010 as a Special Adviser to South-South News, a…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS TWENTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION FROM 25 FEBRUARY TO 22 MARCH

12 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS TWENTY-SECOND REGULAR SESSION FROM 25 FEBRUARY TO 22 MARCH 19 February 2013 Press Release The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-second regular at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 25 February to 22 March, starting with a four-day high-level segment in which over 80 ministers and other senior dignitaries will address the Council on human rights matters of national interest and…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

12 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 19 February 2013 UN Geneva Press Briefing Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United…

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL VALERIE AMOS IN GENEVA ON 19 FEBRUARY 2013

12 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL VALERIE AMOS IN GENEVA ON 19 FEBRUARY 2013 19 February 2013 Press Conferences Ms. Amos: Thank you very much and good afternoon everyone. This is the seventh Syria Humanitarian Forum, and the focus of today’s Forum was on securing access to the millions of Syrians who desperately need help. The situation in Syria is getting worse. The violence is causing widespread destruction and…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

12 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 15 February 2013 UN Geneva Press Briefing Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Office of the High…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS TENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 18 TO 22 FEBRUARY

12 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS TENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 18 TO 22 FEBRUARY 14 February 2013 Press Release The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its tenth session from 18 to 22 February at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human Rights Council, will work on requests addressed to it by the Council, in particular, on the issue of…