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Human Rights Committee Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations Concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan
27 March 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee today adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.Imeru Tamerat Yigezu, Committee Expert and the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, presented the assessment of the responses provided by Finland,…
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New Permanent Representative of Venezuela Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
27 March 2024
Presentation of Credentials
Alexander Gabriel Yánez Deleuze, the new Permanent Representative of Venezuela 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…
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OHCHR Press Conference
27 March 2024
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Report to HRC 55, “Anatomy of a Genocide”.
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on The Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967.
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Human Rights Committee Adopts Annual Report
27 March 2024
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The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its annual report covering its one hundred and thirty-eighth, one hundred and thirty-ninth and one hundred and fortieth sessions.Tijana Šurlan, Committee Rapporteur, presented the draft annual report for the sessions. She said that as of March 2024, 174 States were parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.…
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OHCHR Press Conference
26 March 2024
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Presentation of the report on obstacles to the implementation of the peace agreement in Colombia.
Antonia Urrejola, international human rights expert appointed to identify and verify obstacles to the implementation of the Colombia 2016 Peace Agreement.
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
26 March 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Division of Administration, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the…
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Concludes Thirtieth Session After Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia
22 March 2024
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its thirtieth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa…
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
22 March 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Fund, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Health situation in the Democratic Republic of the CongoDr. Boureima Hama Sambo, World Health…
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OCHA Press Conference
22 March 2024
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As Syria has entered the 14th year of conflict, the humanitarian outlook is bleak and funding historically low: a call for action.
Adam Abdelmoula, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria (from Damascus)
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Human Rights Committee Holds Thirteenth Informal Meeting with States Parties
21 March 2024
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The Human Rights Committee this afternoon held its thirteenth informal meeting with States parties, discussing issues affecting its work such as the United Nations’ current liquidity crisis, the backlog of individual communications, and measures to improve its working methods, including the predictable review cycle and the digital uplift. Speakers also made…
