The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions gave a press conference this afternoon at the end of the twenty-seventh round of the Discussions. LUIS FELIPE FERNANDEZ DE LA PEÑA, Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia at the European External Action Service of the European Union, said...

Took action on its seven mandates, including four new mandates on sport, local government, unilateral coercive measures and albinism The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee concluded today its twelfth session, held from 24 to 28 February, adopting seven recommendations to the Human Rights...

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Bahrain, Cameroon, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Finland The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-seventh session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports...

Secretary-General to Open Session; High-level Segment to Feature some 100 Dignitaries; Presentations by Commissions of Inquiry on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Syria; Over 100 Reports to be Presented Covering Wide Range of Human Rights Themes and Countries The Human Rights Council...

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Honduras, Montenegro, Belgium, Poland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Switzerland The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations...

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its twelfth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 24 to 28 February 2014. During the session, the Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human Rights Council, will work on requests...

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Congo, Yemen, Holy See, Portugal, Russian Federation and Germany The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Congo, Yemen, Holy...

The eighteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 27 January to 7 February during which 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by the...

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $1.03 billion to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council...

Following is a full transcript of the press conference given in Montreux by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the high-level segment of the Geneva Conference on Syria. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for your participation and covering this important meeting. We have just...