The Human Rights Council will hold a special session to address the human rights situation in Sri Lanka following a request submitted today from Council members to convene the meeting. The session was requested to take place on Monday, 25 May in Room XX, the Human Rights and Alliance of…

Pierre Morel, Special Representative of the European Union for the crisis in Georgia, Johan Verbeke, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia, and Charalampos Christopoulos, Special Envoy of the Chairman-in-Office at the Organization…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Meteorological…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Chad, Chile, Honduras, Israel, New Zealand, Nicaragua and Philippines The Committee against Torture concluded its forty-second session this afternoon, issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Chad, Chile, Honduras, Israel…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Initial Reports of Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia and the Philippines; Adopts Annual Report The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its tenth session…

The fifth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review Working Group will be held in Geneva from 4 to 15 February during which the next group of 16 States will have their human rights records examined under this new mechanism. The fifth group of States to be reviewed under the…