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HomeNews Opening Statement by H.E. Eva-Maria Liimets in UN ... Opening Statement by H.E. Eva-Maria Liimets in UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review 4. May 2021 - 16:57 Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour and privilege for me to address the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review and present the national report of Estonia submitted to the third Universal Periodic Review. The UPR provides an important and valuabl...

Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Right 3 May 2021 Greetings to all of you. This is a welcome initiative, and it confirms Portugals consistent leadership on economic, social and cultural rights issues over the past 20 years. It was Portugal that ably steered the talks which led to adoption of the Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,...

Public Statement by Chair of Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict Format SC/14508 The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the third report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in South Sudan (S/2020/1205), agreed to convey the following messages through a public statement by the Chair of the Working Group. To all parties to armed conflict in South Sudan in particular South Sudan People�...

Leiden Law School and the Center for Constitutional Studies of the Mexican Supreme Court (CEC-SCJN) have signed a memorandum of understanding, to carry...

2021-04-20 11:05:23 GMT2021-04-20 19:05:23(Beijing Time) Xinhua English BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Indulging in the superiority as the worlds superpower, the United States habitually claims itself as the "defender of international law", blames unscrupulously other countries and slaps arbitrary sanctions on them under the pretext of safeguarding international rules. However, the United States in fact makes its selfish political gains first and puts its national law above international ...

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Uzbekistan joins EU’s GSP+ arrangement News Provided By Share This Article The EU has accepted the Republic of Uzbekistan as the 9th beneficiary country of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (GSP+) under the unilateral Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP). The EU will start applying preferential tariffs for products imported from Uzbekistan under this arrangement from 10 April 2021. When joining the GSP+ arrangement, low and lower-middle incom...

Share this article Share this article NEW YORK,, April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On ET Embassy Day— each year slated to take place on the first Saturday of April — Raelians worldwide will, once again, intensify their awareness campaign and invite the public to join and contribute to this unique endeavor sponsored by the International Raelian Movement. "Our goal is to have the United Nations adopt an addendum to the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations entitled Optional Protocol con...

Date Time Share OHCHR The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its twenty-fourth virtual session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial report of Estonia. Odelia Fitoussi, Rapporteur of the Committee, presenting a summary of the draft report of the twenty-fourth session of the Committee, said the Committee, among others, had adopted concluding observations in relation to the initial report of Estonia; considered ...

1 April 2021 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its twenty-fourth virtual session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial report of Estonia. Odelia Fitoussi, Rapporteur of the Committee, presenting a summary of the draft report of the twenty-fourth session of the Committee, said the Committee, among others, had adopted concluding observations in relation to the initial report of Estonia; considered three ind...