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30 Nov - 2 Dec 2009 WTO Ministerial Conference
7 - 11 Dec 2009 BTWC: Meeting of States Parties
8 - 10 Dec 2009 UNAIDS 25th Programme Coordinating Board

Nov 11 2009 Sweden to be reviewed by UN Human Rights Council

In 2006 the UN General Assembly decided that, every four years, the then recently established Human Rights Council in Geneva would undertake a review of the fulfilment by each Member State of its human rights obligations through Universal Periodic Reviews (UPR). Through this procedure the General Assembly has deprived States the right to in any way avoid a...

Nov 10 2009 New WHO report: “Women and Health: Today’s Evidence Tomorrow’s Agenda”

On November 9, WHO launched a new report on women and health entitled “Women and Health: Today’s Evidence Tomorrow’s Agenda. The Swedish Presidency, on behalf of the EU, conveyed its strong support...

Oct 30 2009 Strong EU engagement during UN meeting on possible new international legal standards

The European Union has expressed deep concern over proposals for possible new international legal standards on defamation of religions, presented by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)...

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Oct 5 2009 UN Human Rights Council calls for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners
Sep 28 2009 The role of Ombudsmen, Mediators and National Human Rights Institution’s in the UN system
Sep 18 2009 Human Rights Council's 12th session
Sep 9 2009 The 12th session of the Human Rights Council
Sep 4 2009 Third World Climate Conference
Aug 28 2009 Social Forum addresses Global Challenges
Aug 18 2009 The second session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP)
Aug 13 2009 The 60th Anniversary of the adoption of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949
Aug 6 2009 Welcome Message from Ambassador Hans Dahlgren, Head of the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the International Organizations in Geneva
Jul 27 2009 Humanitarian Resolution Adopted
Jul 7 2009 AID FOR TRADE: MOBILIZING AID FOR TRADE
Jul 2 2009 Outcome of the Human Rights Council’s eleventh session
Jul 1 2009 The Swedish Presidency of the EU is launched
Jun 9 2009 Sweden's priorities for the EU Presidency
Jun 4 2009 President of the International Committee of the Red Cross visiting Sweden
Jun 4 2009 29 May 2009 Carl Bildt: A big step forward for disarmament
Jun 4 2009 Committee on the Right of the Child examined Swedish forth periodic report