News - PR UN, Geneva
22 news items of PR UN, Geneva
The Netherlands invest in strengthening women's organizations in the Global South
New Dutch funding facility ‘Leading From the South’ open for proposals.
Minister Ploumen launches 'SHE DECIDES'
Dutch government makes first donation.
Nighat Dad recipient of 2016 Human Rights Tulip
The 2016 Human Rights Tulip has been awarded to the Pakistani internet activist Nighat Dad. Foreign minister Bert Koenders will ...
RVO/CBI sign Trade for Sustainable Development Principles
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)/ the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) signed the Trade ...
Look back at second week HRC33
Another week of intensive dialogues at the Human Right Council’s 33rd session (HRC33) has ended. The week began with a thorough ...
Look back at first week HRC33
The first week of the 33rd Session of the Human Rights Council has come to its end. It was an intensive week in which the High ...
Start of the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council
This morning the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council (HRC33) - an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system ...
6th Meeting of State Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions successfully concluded
Since January 1, 2016 the Netherlands was President of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). In that capacity, the ...
New training course for aid workers in crisis areas
Sadly, aid workers in crisis areas all too often fall victim to violence themselves. This has led Minister for Foreign Trade and ...
Start of the World Health Assembly
The 69th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) will take place in Geneva from the 23rd until the 28th of May 2016. The ...