The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued with its high-level segment, hearing addresses from 22 dignitaries, who expressed concern at the plight of human rights worldwide and the multilateral order, and spoke about the coordination of international efforts to reinforce human rights, ways...

The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting continued with its high-level segment, hearing addresses from 17 dignitaries who spoke about the shrinking space for civil society human rights violations across the world, and underlined the responsibility of the international community to protect...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today examined the eighth periodic report of the United Kingdom on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report, Elysia McCaffrey...

The Conference on Disarmament this morning continued its high-level segment, hearing statements by dignitaries from Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, the Netherlands and Latvia. Miroslav Lajèák, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, stressed the need to recommit to...

The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting continued with its high-level segment, hearing addresses from dignitaries from 18 countries, who spoke about human rights violations across the world and the deterioration of respect for human rights, the Council’s role in promoting human rights...

The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its high-level segment, hearing statements by dignitaries from Kazakhstan, United Kingdom, Republic of Korea, Turkey and Belarus. Yerzhan Ashikbayev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, said that nuclear disarmament was one of...

United Nations Secretary-General, President of the General Assembly, High Commissioner for Human Rights and Foreign Minister of Switzerland Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its fortieth regular session, hearing addresses by António Guterres, Secretary-General of...

President of Tunisia, Chairman of the African Union Commission, and the Prime Ministers of Yemen and Fiji Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning began its high-level segment, hearing addresses from dignitaries from 14 countries, who spoke about national efforts to promote and...

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming, with a focus on human rights in the light of multilateralism: opportunities, challenges and the way forward. Opening the session, Coly Seck, President of the Human Rights Council, said...

Conference Continues its High-Level Segment United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the Conference on Disarmament this afternoon, as it continued its high-level segment. The Conference also heard statements by dignitaries from Australia, Ireland, Slovenia, Brazil, Italy,...