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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

8 months 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 30 July 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. Situation in GazaAnswering questions from the media, James Elder, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), stated that the blowing up of a large water facility in…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 26 July 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Response to landslides in EthiopiaJens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Committee against Torture Concludes Eightieth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Republic of Korea and Türkiye

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Concludes Eightieth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Republic of Korea and Türkiye 26 July 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this morning closed its eightieth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Republic of Korea and Türkiye on their efforts to…

Committee against Torture Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations, Individual Communications and Reprisals

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Committee against Torture Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations, Individual Communications and Reprisals 23 July 2024 Meeting Summaries The Committee against Torture this afternoon adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications and reprisals.Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Committee Expert and Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations under article 19 of the Convention…

Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Forty-First Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Croatia, Honduras, India, Maldives, Malta, Pakistan, Suriname and Syria

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Forty-First Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Croatia, Honduras, India, Maldives, Malta, Pakistan, Suriname and Syria 23 July 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and forty-first session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Croatia, Honduras, India, Maldives, Malta, Suriname and Syrian Arab Republic. Tania María Abdo…

UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING 23 July 2024 UN Geneva Press Briefing  Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization. Health situation in GazaDr. Ayadil Saparbekov, Team Lead for Health Emergencies at the World Health…

New Permanent Representative of Israel Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Israel Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 23 July 2024 Presentation of Credentials Daniel Martin Meron, the new Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to…

Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Presents Annual Report to the Committee against Torture

8 months 3 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Presents Annual Report to the Committee against Torture 23 July 2024 Meeting Summaries  The Chair of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture this morning presented the Subcommittee’s seventeenth annual report to the Committee against Torture.Suzanne Jabbour, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, said that in 2023…

UNODA Press Conference

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UNODA Press Conference 22 July 2024 Press Conference Announcement Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): second sessionH.E. Mr. Akan Rakhmetullin, First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Chair of the second session of the NPT Preparatory Committee.

FAO Press Conference

8 months 4 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home FAO Press Conference 22 July 2024 Press Conference Announcement  Media launch of the 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report (SOFI)Embargo until 24 July 2024 at 2 p.m.Maximo Torero, FAO Chief Economist