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In Dialogue with Austria, Experts of the Committee against Torture Welcome the Establishment of the Police Complaints Office, Ask about High Solitary Confinement Rates in Prisons and Support for Unaccompanied Minors
17 April 2024
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The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Austria, with Committee Experts welcoming the establishment of the Police…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Note Albania’s Legislation to Combat Racism in Sport, Ask about Asylum Agreement with Italy and Inclusion of the Roma and Egyptian Populations
17 April 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined thirteenth and fourteenth periodic report of Albania, with…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
16 April 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio, TV and Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UN Women, UN Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for…
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OCHA Press Conference
16 April 2024
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Briefing in advance of the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Ethiopia (also on Tuesday, 16 April, from 3 p.m. CEST to 6 p.m. CEST)
Ambassador Shiferaw Teklemariam, Commissioner of the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management CommissionThe Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell, Deputy Foreign Secretary and Minister for Development and AfricaRamiz Alakbarov, United Nations Assistant…
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UNFPA Press Conference
15 April 2024
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Launch of UNFPA’s State of World Population 2024 report, “Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: Ending inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights”
Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director
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Committee against Torture Opens Seventy-Ninth Session in Geneva and Re-Elects Claude Heller as its Chairperson
15 April 2024
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The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-ninth session, which is being held in Geneva from 15 April to 10 May, during which it will review efforts by Austria, Azerbaijan, Finland, Honduras, Liechtenstein and North Macedonia to implement the provisions of the…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
12 April 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 and representatives of the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Population Fund, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend San Marino’s Progress in Establishing a National Human Rights Institute, Ask about Efforts to Prohibit Discrimination Based on Skin Colour and Descent and to Prevent Online Hate Speech
12 April 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the initial report of…
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OCHA Press Conference
12 April 2024
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Humanitarian situation in OPT by Jamie McGoldrick upon his return from a last visit to Gaza and the completion of his three-month mission as Humanitarian Coordinator a.i.
Jamie McGoldrick, Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. (Zoom)
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Mexico on Implementing Previous Recommendations, Ask about Implications of the Mayan Train Project on Indigenous Peoples and about Haitian Migrants
09 April 2024
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth periodic…