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First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 4 reports

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM WELCOMES SPEECH OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

News & Media 24 May 2013GENEVA (24 May 2013) â United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, today welcomed the speech of United States President Barack Obama, and the publication of policy principles governing ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 24 2013]

Entities: Counter-Terrorism, United Nations, Human Rights

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES TRANSPARENCY IN ARMAMENTS

News & Media President Says Conference is Long Way Off from Reaching Consensus on Draft Programme of Work 24 May 2013 The this morning held a public plenary meeting during which it heard a statement by Australia on agenda item 7 on transparency in armaments, ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 24 2013]

Entities: Laura Kennedy, Armament, Deadlock, Disarmament, Indonesia

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BAHAMAS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

News & Media 24 May 2013Rhoda M. Jackson, the new Permanent Representative of the Bahamas to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 24 2013]

Entities: Bahamas, Geneva, United Nations

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

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DISASTER RISK REDUCTION: EXPERTS PLEAD FOR STANDARDS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN MANAGING DISASTER RISK

News & Media 23 May 2013GENEVA, 23 May (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) â Auditing and regulatory experts today said that accountability is paramount for all actors in disaster risk reduction, from victims and taxpayers to national ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 24 2013]

Entities: Disaster Risk Reduction, Disaster, Nestlé SA, Risk Management

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MUST KEEP PACE WITH RAPID URBANIZATION, SAY URBAN PLANNERS

News & Media 23 May 2013Geneva, 23 May (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) - Building disaster resilience into urban planning will be increasingly crucial as cities continue to burgeon worldwide, said panellists this morning. There was ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 24 2013]

Entities: Disaster Risk Reduction, Urbanization, Urban Planning, Resilience, Disaster

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

STATEMENT BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IVAN SIMONOVIC ON HIS VISIT TO KYRGYZSTAN AND TAJIKISTAN, 19-22 MAY

News & Media 23 May 2013DUSHANBE (23 May 2013): My mission to Central Asia covering Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan* and Uzbekistan*, follows the visits of the UN Secretary-General to Central Asia in 2010 and that of the UN High Commissioner for ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 23 2013]

Entities: Human Rights, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ivan Simonovic, United Nations

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SHOULD CONTRIBUTE MORE TO REDUCING DISASTER RISK, SAY EXPERTS

News & Media 22 May 2013GENEVA, 22 May (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) â Experts in disaster risk reduction today urged that science and technology be applied more effectively to disaster management policy and practice.Their discussions, ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 23 2013]

Entities: Disaster, Disaster Risk Reduction, Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE EXAMINES REPORT OF ESTONIA

News & Media 23 May 2013The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Estonia on how it implements the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or P ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 23 2013]

Entities: Estonia, Torture, Criminal, Domestic Violence

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

DROUGHTS, THE âMOST DEVASTATINGâ DISASTERS, SET TO INCREASE, WARN CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERTS

News & Media DROUGHTS, THE âMOST DEVASTATINGâ DISASTERS, SET TO INCREASE, WARN CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERTS Proactive Strategies, Water and Land Conservation, Early Warning Systems and Data-sharing Advocated 22 May 2013GENEVA, 22 May (United Nations Office ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 23 2013]

Entities: Drought, Droughts, Disasters, Resilience, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

EQUALITY OR BUST FOR POST-2015 GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS â UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERTS

News & Media EQUALITY OR BUST FOR POST-2015 GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS â UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERTS 21 May 2013GENEVA (21 May 2013) â A group of United Nations human rights experts today called* for the post-2015 development agenda to be urgently refocused ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 21 2013]

Entities: Special Rapporteur, United Nations, Inequality, Human Rights, Equality

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

STAKEHOLDERS IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION STRESS NEED FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, RESILIENCE, ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSES

News & Media 21 May 2013GENEVA, 20 May (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) â There would be no disaster resilience without effective decentralization, without empowering communities and without addressing social inequalities and poverty ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 21 2013]

Entities: Resilience, Disaster Risk Reduction, Stress, Disaster

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

EXPERTS URGE GREATER ROLE FOR PRIVATE SECTOR IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

News & Media 21 May 2013GENEVA, 20 May (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) â The private sector acts financially with a shorter payback requirement than the public sector, but if both are left to operate separately, opportunities will ... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 21 2013]

Entities: Disaster Risk Reduction, Business Continuity, Thomas Loster, Great Hanshin Earthquake

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...The question was particularly on whether non refoulement â or ` "on returnâ - was included in domestic law, the delegate said, confirming that yes, it was. The principle applied to refugees in Uruguay, no Uruguayan authority could refuse entry to a refugee or asylum seeker arriving at a Uruguayan border if there was risk to their life or well-being. The Refugee Commission made that decision; it was a unique cross-cutting body made up of stakeholders from various Government ministries as well as individuals from outside the Executive Branch, such as civil society and non-governmental organization representatives. If there was such a threat the person was allowed into the country and offered all help possibly to help them re-settle, put down roots and create a new life for themselves in Uruguay."

COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES EXAMINES REPORT OF URUGUAY [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - Apr 10 2013]

...in his book Lâaffaire Audin, which was about one of the first cases of enforced disappearance, which occurred during the Battle of Algiers in 1957: "I did not realize that this crime was a crime without a body, and that as the body would not have been found and the circumstances of his death specified, it would remain a gaping hole, as a permanent indictment.Â The concealment of the crime permitted the investigation to be kept alive" .Â One just had to look at the world today to realise that enforced disappearances were far from being a phenomenon relegated to the darkest hours of...

COMMITTEE ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES OPENS FOURTH SESSION [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - Apr 08 2013]

...Â Â Miguel (45) has been bullied after a local bank has published a warning notice which advised to "be careful with people who look like gypsies and read fortune, they can rob you" .Â Malin, 59, one of the candidates in local elections, went to remove a suspicious package left in front of the building of the countryâs largest pro-Roma...

âUNITY IN DIVERSITYâ â INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY, 8 APRIL 2013 [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - Apr 08 2013]

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