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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
04 March 2025
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Programme.Protection Needed for Congolese Fleeing Escalating Conflict in Eastern DRCPatrick Eba,…
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IPU Press Conference
04 March 2025
Press Conference Announcement
New report on Women in Parliament
Martin Chungong, IPU Secretary-GeneralMariana Mutzenberg, IPU gender programme
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens Thirty-Second Session
03 March 2025
Meeting Summaries
Six New Committee Members Make Solemn DeclarationThe Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its thirty-second session, during which it will review the reports of Canada, Dominican Republic, European Union, Palau, Tuvalu and Viet Nam. Andrea Ori, Chief of the Groups…
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OHCHR Press Conference
03 March 2025
Press Conference Announcement
Hostage-taking as torture - annual thematic report to the Human Rights Council of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Embargoed until 4 March, after she delivers her statement to the HRC (Exact time to be confirmed)
Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment…
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Human Right Committee Opens One Hundred and Forty-Third Session
03 March 2025
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Committee Elects New Chairperson and Bureau, Five New Members Make Solemn DeclarationThe Human Right Committee this morning opened its one hundred and forty-third session, during which it will examine the reports of Albania, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Mongolia, Montenegro and Zimbabwe on their implementation of the provisions of the…
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Concludes Seventy-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Croatia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda and the United Kingdom
28 February 2025
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The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-seventhsession after adopting concluding observationson the reports of Croatia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
28 February 2025
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Trade and Development. Escalating attacks on education in HaitiGeetanjali Narayan, United Nations Children…
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UN Secretary-General meets with the Joint Inspection Unit
28 February 2025
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The JIU Chairperson, Carolina Fernandez Opazo and JIU Executive Secretary, Uren Pillay met with the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, 26 February 2025. The Secretary-General expressed his appreciation for the work of the JIU and committed the organization to the implementation of the Unit’s recommendations.He…
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HRC Press Conference
26 February 2025
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Launch of the latest report by the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua.
Jan-Michael Simon, Chair of the Group of Human Rights Experts on NicaraguaAriela Peralta Distefano, Member of the Group of Human Rights Experts on NicaraguaReed Brody, Member of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
25 February 2025
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization. Update on the health situation in GazaDr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said the WHO polio campaign in Gaza was currently…
