United Nations Meetings Coverage &Press Releases

Meetings Coverage

• States Parties to Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities Close Session with Dialogue on UN System’s Efforts to Implement 2008 Convention (3 September 2010)
  The needs and rights of disabled persons must be more fully integrated into the United Nations system’s diverse international agenda, from its efforts to coordinate humanitarian assistance, provide development funds and fight disease, to its ability to empower women and collect data on human development, the Third Conference of States Parties of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was told today, as it concluded its three-day session.
  HR/5033
• States Parties to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Elect Nine Members to Humans Rights Committee (2 September 2010)
  The Meeting of States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights this morning re-elected six members and elected three new members to its monitoring body, the Human Rights Committee.
  HR/5032
• As States Parties to Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities Continue Session, Round Tables Address Right to Education, Living in the Community (2 September 2010)
  Equal access to education — with accommodating teachers, understanding students and a supportive administration — coupled with respect for the right of disabled persons to choose where and with whom they lived were vital elements for realizing the full spectrum of human rights, the third Conference of States Parties of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was told today, in two round table discussions concerning those issues.
  HR/5031

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Press Releases

• Secretary-General, in Message, Says Many Benefits Derived from Oceans ‘in Peril’; Role in Regulating Climate Must Be Preserved, as Basis for ‘Sustainable Future’ (3 September 2010)
  Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Pacem in Maribus XXXIII International Conference on Oceans, delivered by Patricia O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, in Beijing, 3 September:
  SG/SM/13084-ENV/DEV/1154
• Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Terrorist Bombings in Pakistani Cities of Lahore, Quetta (3 September 2010)
  The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
  SG/SM/13085
• Secretary-General, in Vienna, Says New Academy Responds to World’s Growing Sense of Outrage, Injustice against Corruption, ‘Will Help Build Culture of Integrity’ (2 September 2010)
  Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the inaugural Conference of the International Anti-Corruption Academy, in Vienna, 2 September:
  SG/SM/13083-SOC/CP/357

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Press Conferences

• Press Conference by Pakistan on Flood Relief Effort (3 September 2010)
  Pakistan’s Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon appeared with Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon to appeal for world solidarity in response to floods that had devastated millions of Pakistani lives.
  
• Press Conference by Security Council President on Programme of Work for September (2 September 2010)
  Highlights of Turkey’s September presidency of the Security Council included a summit on the maintenance of peace and security, which expected to hear from Heads of State and Government, and a high-level review of cooperation in counter-terrorism, the country’s Ambassador told journalists this afternoon.
  
• Press Conference by Equatorial Guinea (1 September 2010)
  Responding to criticism of Equatorial Guinea’s recent execution of four men accused of an armed attack on the country’s presidential palace last year, the country’s Ambassador said this afternoon that the procedure was constitutional and necessary in the face of repeated violent threats against the State that began when domestic oil started flowing.
  

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