Warm congratulations to Helmut Tichy as the newly elected 🇦🇹 member of #GREVIO - the group of experts monitoring the effective implementation of the #IstanbulConvention. Our commitment to prevent and combat #GenderBasedViolence is stronger than ever!
🇱🇺 empfängt den 🇦🇹 Weltstar @GrubingerMartin in der @PhilharmonieLux mit standing ovations! Wir waren dabei!Nächste Möglichkeit das Orchestre Philharmonique du 🇱🇺 mit ihm zu erleben ist in Wien im April 2023 im @Konzerthauswien !
Sincere congratulations to @volker_turk on his appointment as next @UNHumanRights High Commissioner!
We value him as a passionate champion for #HumanRights. He can count on Austria’s wholehearted support for his mandate and the important work ahead in challenging times.
Deeply honoured to be appointed @UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. I feel a deep sense of responsibility & will give it my all to advance the promises of Universal Declaration of Human Rights for everyone, everywhere.
Proud of the work of our @ICRC_ua teams and partners @RedCrossUkraine & #RedCross#RedCrescent Movement in #Ukraine & neighboring countries.
We know much more needs to be done and are determined to do more, better and faster.
This Conference, its president and the secretariat deserved better. Austria will continue its work towards a world free of nuclear weapons, and like all #TPNW states parties will demand more action on disarmament - this will be needed to preserve the credibility of the #NPT.
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Attacks on journalists are attacks on freedom of expression.
Now, more than ever, we need facts and press freedom.
Defending journalism is standing up for democracy.
https://t.co/TR9XEVaSdQ via @UNESCO
On 4 March 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council decided to establish an Independent International Commission of Inquiry on #Ukraine.
Find out more about the Commission’s mandate and members ➡️ https://t.co/Wqnwp5CYS9
Heute wurde Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hafner das Große Silberne Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich überreicht. Als ehem. Mitglied der 🇺🇳 Völkerrechtskommission steht er dem Völkerrechtsbüro des Außenministeriums seit 2004 beratend zur Seite. Herzliche Gratulation!
Ich erfahre gerade von der ÖBB, dass die Fahrpläne für leere Züge errechnet werden. Wenn dann doch jemand einsteigt, kommt es „halt“ zu Verspätungen. Die Logik ist wohl, dass sich dann auch die Fahrgäste und nicht die ÖBB für die systematischen Verspätungen entschuldigen müssen.
"We are at a crucial moment in time, with the fate of the #Afghanistan’s women & girls hanging in the balance," UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet told the Human Rights Council at an urgent debate.
FULL STATEMENT ▶️ https://t.co/L2MEIB2CdO
#HRC50
At an urgent debate at the Human Rights Council, Richard Bennett, @SR_Afghanistan, said the human rights situation for women and girls in #Afghanistan is devastating for the country.
It deserves "maximum attention and decisive action," he said.
The staggering deterioration of the human rights situation of women & girls in #Afghanistan since August 2021 requires the urgent attention of @UN_HRC. That’s why today we 🇪🇺sent a request to @FVillegasARG to hold an Urgent Debate on 1 July.