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Yemen told by UN not to pass amnesty law to protect “gross violations”

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:35:09 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay 6 January told Yemen’s lawmakers that they must not go ahead with a proposed amnesty law that would protect those who commit war crimes. Her office has recently sent a team to Yemen to study the situation there and prepare a report on the country, where [...]

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Hillary Clinton visit will raise US political profile in int’l Geneva (update)

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:36:00 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Clinton plans to meet with Syrian opposition representatives in Geneva GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, is about to come to town, but not just for a conference and a chat with the press: her Tuesday-Wednesday stopover includes major appearances at three Geneva international organization events. The US State department has [...]

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S Sudan agrees to land mine ban treaty; fears grow over cross-border bombing

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:40:06 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Friday 11 November was a day of rising fears internationally that tensions are building along the Sudan-South Sudan border after a series of bombs were dropped just inside South Sudan’s Unity state, hitting a refugee camp. Several Geneva-based humanitarian groups expressed their growing concern Friday. And then late Friday came some good [...]

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UN’s Pillay says 2,600 killed in Syria since May

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:50:23 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Syrian troops have killed 2,600 people since President Bashar al-Assad began putting down unrest in the country, Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said Monday in Geneva. Only one week earlier she said a fact-finding commission had put the number of killings at 2,200. Syria will be on the agenda [...]

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US lambasts UN representative Richard Falk; Falk says was unaware of anti-semitism

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:21:26 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US Ambassador to the UN Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe used unusually strong words in a statement issued Friday 8 July to suggest that UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk should step down, saying that “his continued status as a UN mandate holder is a blight on the UN system”. The US and Falk have [...]

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UN’s Navi Pillay sends human rights team to Tunisia

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:57:35 +0000

GenevaLunch.com (video) Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Wednesday said at a press briefing in Geneva that she is sending a team to Tunisia. “”Human rights abuses were at the heart of Tunisia’s problems. Therefore, human rights must be right at the forefront of the solutions to those problems,” she [...]

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Human rights chief decries violations in Côte d’Ivoire

Sean Ecker — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:32:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has decried the worsening security situation in Côte d’Ivoire and said 19 December that massive human rights violations were being committed. More than 200 people have been abducted from their homes by people in military uniforms and some have been found dead. UN officials in [...]

Indian ambassador may attend Nobel ceremony ahead of China talks (update)

Sean Ecker — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 07:55:28 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Updated 10:00 India has not decided yet whether it will attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony 10 December, according to the Times of India. Some Indian press reports 8 December indicate that the Indian ambassador in Oslo, Norway had confirmed to the Nobel Committee that he would attend, despite strong pressure from China. China has [...]

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Gaza UN expert calls for Israeli attackers to be arrested

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:22:35 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Rickard Falk, Geneva-based UN expert on Gaza, added his voice to that of Navi Pillay, UN Human Rights chief in Geneva, and other top UN officials, in calling on the international community to condemn Israel’s attack on a flotilla of six boats trying to break its embargo of Gaza. But Falk’s [...]

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UN’s Pillay calls on Thailand to step back from brink

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 18 May 2010 08:13:02 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay 17 May in Geneva called on the government of Thailand and protesters to “step back from the brink” of disaster and hold talks to end violence there. Leaders of the two sides reportedly held a brief phone conversation where a ceasefire was proposed, but [...]

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