GENEVA / GEORGIA TORTURE
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) condemned the recent torture of prisoners and juveniles inGeorgia. CH UNTV
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) condemned the recent torture of prisoners and juveniles inGeorgia. CH UNTV
UNICEF and the European Commission are supporting local government and partners in Georgia in developing special Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) educational materials. Now school children in Georgia’s Mleta village, an area prone to mud slides and avalanches, are learning about disaster risk reduction through lessons and games. Wednesday 13 October is International Day for Disaster [...]
The UN Population Fund supported the recent opening of the 19th Youth Friendly Reproduction Health Centre in Georgia designed to meet the needs of young people all across the country. A UN high-level meeting on youth will take place in New York on Monday (25 July). UNFPA
Georgia’s Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said Friday that the situation of the internally displaced in Georgia had not changed and that there was “no safe dignified and voluntary return of refugees” to Abkhazia and South Ossetia. UNTV
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) today rendered its Judgment, dismissing the case filed by Georgia accusing Russia of ethnic cleansing. The Court found that it has no jurisdiction to entertain the application filed by Georgia on 12 August 2008. ICJ
UNICEF immunized 98 percent of children up to 17 years against polio during the first round of a campaign last month in Abkhazia. The second round takes place next week. UNICEF
The 13th round of the talks between Russia and Georgia takes place in Geneva under the auspices of the UN, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. UNTV
The opening day of the annual gathering of world leaders at of the General Assembly's high-level meeting in New York continues in the afternoon session.
The 12th round of the talks between Russia and Georgia, aimed at restoring stability in the region following the conflict between the two countries in August 2008, takes place in Geneva. UNTV
Russia and Georgia have opened their first direct talks since the August military conflict between the two countries ended. UNTV