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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
28 July 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.…
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Committee against Torture Concludes Seventy-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of New Zealand, Romania, Spain and Switzerland
28 July 2023
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The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of New Zealand, Romania, Spain and Switzerland on their efforts to implement the provisions of the …
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WHO hybrid press conference
27 July 2023
Press Conference Announcement
Report on the global tobacco epidemic
Under embargo until Monday, 31 July 2023, 12:30 p.m. CEST
Dr Ruediger Krech, WHO Director for Health Promotion
Dr Kelly Henning, Public Health Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Dr Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal, The Honourable Minister of Health and Wellness, Mauritius
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WMO hybrid press conference
27 July 2023
Press Conference Announcement
July temperature records
Under embargo until Thursday, 27 July 2023, 3:30 p.m. CEST
Chris Hewitt, Director of Climate Services, WMO
Carlo Buentempo, Director of Copernicus Climate Change Service at ECMWF
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Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Cyprus, Lesotho, State of Palestine and Uganda
26 July 2023
Press Release
The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and thirty-eighth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Cyprus, Lesotho, State of Palestine and Uganda.
Tania María Abdo Rocholl,…
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OHCHR hybrid press conference
26 July 2023
Press Conference Announcement
UN Human Rights Committee to present findings on Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Cyprus, Lesotho, State of Palestine and Uganda
Tania María ABDO ROCHOLL - Chair
José Santos Pais - Vice-Chair
Carlos Gómez Martínez - Committee member
Kobauyah Tchamdja Kpatcha - Vice-Chair
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
25 July 2023
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
World Drowning Prevention Day
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Human Rights Committee Adopts Report on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations on Mexico, Niger, Portugal and Senegal
24 July 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted a report on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Mexico, Niger, Portugal and Senegal.
Imeru Tamerat Yigezu, Committee Expert and Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, presented the assessment of the responses provided by Mexico, Niger, Portugal…
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Committee against Torture Adopts Reports on Follow-up to Concluding Observations, Individual Communications and Reprisals
24 July 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture today adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov , Committee…
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In Dialogue with Spain, Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise the State’s Improved Management of Irregular Migrant Arrivals, Ask About 2022 Migrant Deaths and Alleged Excessive Use of Force by the Police
21 July 2023
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Spain, with Committee Experts praising the State’s improved management of…
