Davos, 21 January 2016 - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the first members of the High-level Advisory Group for Every Woman Every Child who will help provide leadership and inspire actions for women, children adolescents’ health as we transition from the Millennium…

21 January, 2016 - The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the World Bank jointly announce their intention to form a new panel to mobilize urgent action towards the sustainable development goal for water and sanitation (SDG 6) and related targets. Sustainable Development…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of a group of eminent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates to help promote action to achieve the SDGs adopted by world leaders at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25September2015. The SDGs…

31st SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCILGeneva, Switzerland, 29 February - 24 March 2016Media accreditation Representatives of the media will need to be accredited for the coverage of the session. All journalists applying for accreditation must submit proof that they represent a bona fide media…

Pays examinés: Namibie, Niger, Mozambique, Estonie, Paraguay, Belgique, Danemark, Palau, Somalie, Seychelles, Îles Salomon, Lettonie, Sierra Leone et Singapour Le Groupe de travail du Conseil des droits de l'homme chargé de l'Examen périodique universel tiendra sa vingt-quatrième session à Genève…

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, asked for the opportunity of a meeting with senior officials of the five Permanent Members of the Security Council ("the P5") in order to update them on his latest regional travels and the resulting impressions about preparations…

Special Envoy de Mistura concluded today his present round of regional consultations with meetings in Tehran. He had useful exchanges with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian. Mr de Mistura updated his interlocutors on preparations…

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, had a useful meeting today in Damascus with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Walid Mouallem. In the meeting, Mr. de Mistura outlined preparations currently underway for the intra-…

Geneva, 21 December 2015 (Issued as received) - The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic welcomes the unanimous adoption of Security Council Resolution 2254 on 18 December endorsing a road map for peace in Syria. The resolution calls for both a Syrian-lead…

Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a tenu aujourd’hui, sous la présidence de l’Ambassadeur Joachim Rücker de l’Allemagne, une session extraordinaire consacrée à «la prévention d’une détérioration de la situation de droits de l’homme au Burundi» à l’issue de laquelle il a adopté sans vote une…