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AFTERNOON - High Commissioner Urges Sudanese Generals To Cease the Violence and Return To Political Talks, and Calls on Those with Influence in the International Community to End the Tragedy and Increase Financial Support to Humanitarian Agencies

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - High Commissioner Urges Sudanese Generals To Cease the Violence and Return To Political Talks, and Calls on Those with Influence in the International Community to End the Tragedy and Increase Financial Support to Humanitarian Agencies 12 September 2023 Meeting Summaries Chair of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua Accuses the President and…

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 12 September 2023 UN Geneva Press Briefing Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Organization for Migration, World Food Programme, World Health Organization,…

Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Commend Mauritania on Prospective Bill Criminalising Enforced Disappearance, Ask Questions on the State’s Cooperation with Civil Society and Reparations for Alleged “Passif Humanitaire” Era Abuses

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances Commend Mauritania on Prospective Bill Criminalising Enforced Disappearance, Ask Questions on the State’s Cooperation with Civil Society and Reparations for Alleged “Passif Humanitaire” Era Abuses 12 September 2023 Meeting Summaries The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today considered Mauritania's…

MORNING - High Commissioner Tells the Human Rights Council that Human Rights in Afghanistan Are in a State of Collapse, and that He Is Saddened by the Continued and Widespread Deterioration of Human Rights in Nicaragua

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - High Commissioner Tells the Human Rights Council that Human Rights in Afghanistan Are in a State of Collapse, and that He Is Saddened by the Continued and Widespread Deterioration of Human Rights in Nicaragua 12 September 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the United Nations High Commissioner for…

OHCHR press conference

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR press conference 12 September 2023 Press Conference Announcement Launch of UN Syria Commission’s latest report Paulo Pinheiro, Chair, UN Syria Commission Hanny Megally, Commissioner Lynn Welchman, Commissioner

New Permanent Observer of the Holy See Presents Letter of Nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Observer of the Holy See Presents Letter of Nomination to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 12 September 2023 Presentation of Credentials   Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, Apostolic Nuncio, the new Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations…

AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur to Human Rights Council: the Systematic and Institutionalised Discrimination that Seeks to Exclude Women from All Facets of Life in Afghanistan Necessitates an Examination of the Evolving Phenomenon of Gender Apartheid

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Special Rapporteur to Human Rights Council: the Systematic and Institutionalised Discrimination that Seeks to Exclude Women from All Facets of Life in Afghanistan Necessitates an Examination of the Evolving Phenomenon of Gender Apartheid 11 September 2023 Meeting Summaries Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Written Update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Situation of Human…

New Permanent Representative of Costa Rica Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Costa Rica Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 11 September 2023 Presentation of Credentials Christian Guillermet Fernández, the new Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations…

New Permanent Representative of Greece Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Greece Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 11 September 2023 Presentation of Credentials Ioannis Ghikas, the new Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment…

MORNING - Intensity of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity Have Increased in Myanmar, Independent Mechanism tells Human Rights Council

1 year 7 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Intensity of War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity Have Increased in Myanmar, Independent Mechanism tells Human Rights Council 11 September 2023 Meeting Summaries Deputy High Commissioner Expresses Concern about Proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill and Law to Regulate Media Broadcasting in Sri Lanka The Human Rights Council this morning held…