The Human Rights Council will hold its seventh regular session from 3 to 28 March at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will be opened by the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon. This shall be followed, from 3 to 5 March, by a high-level segment when dozens of senior…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Timor-Leste, Germany, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Kuwait and Chile The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning concluded its forty-seventh session, issuing its conclusions and recommendations on the situation of children in Timor-Leste and the Dominican…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Bolivia, Burundi, Saudi Arabia, France, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Morocco and Sweden The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its fortieth session, held from 14 January to 1 February 2008 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, and…

The Human Rights Council today demanded that Israel lift immediately the siege it had imposed on the occupied Gaza Strip, restore continued supply of fuel, food and medicine and reopen the border crossings. In a resolution adopted by a roll-call vote of 30 in favour, one against and 15 abstentions…

The first meeting of the 2008 Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) concluded on…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Wednesday, 23 January at the request of the Group of Arab States and the Group of the Organization of Islamic Conference to consider and take action on “human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Address the Opening Meeting The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2008 session on Wednesday, 23 January, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, which will be…

The Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) will meet from 14 to 18 January 2008 at the Palais des…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $432,244,246.00 to four Governments for distribution to 27 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 9 claims in category E (claims of corporations, other private legal entities and public sector…

Creates Special Procedure on Indigenous Peoples and Extends Mandates of Seven Special Procedures, Including on Sudan and Liberia The Human Rights Council today concluded its resumed sixth session, after having, among other things, extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on human rights in…