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New Permanent Observer of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Presents Letter of Nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
17 December 2024
Presentation of Credentials
Abdulaziz Suliman A. Alnasser, the new Permanent Observer of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of…
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Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families Concludes Thirty-Ninth Session after Adopting Findings on Benin, Egypt, Peru and Seychelles
13 December 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its thirty-ninth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of…
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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Closes One Hundred and Fourteenth Session, Issues Concluding Observations on the Reports of Armenia, Ecuador, Greece, Kenya, Monaco and Saudi Arabia
13 December 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its one hundred and fourteenth session, during which it reviewed the reports of Armenia, Ecuador, Greece…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
13 December 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the…
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OHCHR Press Conference
13 December 2024
Press Conference Announcement
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to present review findings on Armenia, Ecuador, Greece, Kenya, Monaco, and Saudi Arabia
Michal Balcerzak, Chair Smatia Stavrinaki, Committee MemberBakari Sidiki Diaby, Committee MemberChinsung Chung, Committee Member
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OHCHR Press Conference
11 December 2024
Press Conference Announcement
Human rights violations in Gaza and across the occupied Palestinian territory
Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967 Margaret Satterthwaite, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyersBen Saul, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental…
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The Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations system elects its Chair and Vice-Chair for 2025 and adopts its programme of work
10 December 2024
Press Release
The Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) held its Winter Session on 4 December 2024. The Inspectors re-elected Inspector Carolina Fernandez Opazo (Mexico) as Chair and Inspector Jesús Miranda Hita (Spain) as Vice-Chair of the Unit for 2025. Both served in the respective capacities in 2024.The Unit also adopted its programme…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
10 December 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 Special Envoy for Syria and the spokespersons of the Office of the Special Envoy, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Situation in SyriaGeir…
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OHCHR Press Conference
09 December 2024
Press Conference Announcement
End of year press conference by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
06 December 2024
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, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Labour Organization, Human Rights Council, United Nations Trade and Development and International Committee of the Red Cross and Red…