Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Human Rights Council, the UN Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the…

The three Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions, Philippe Lefort, European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and for the crisis in Georgia; Antti Turunen, United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions and the Joint Incident Prevention and…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the UN Research Institute for Social Development, the International Labour Organization, the Human Rights Council, the UN Refugee Agency, the…

Creates Two New Mandates on Promotion of a Democratic International Order and on Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-recurrence The Human Rights Council concluded its eighteenth regular session this afternoon after adopting more than 30 resolutions and decisions and two…

Seventeen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Seventeen States will have their human rights records examined during the twelfth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 3 to 14 October. These countries are (in…

Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri, the new Permanent Representative of Bahrain to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Dr. Bucheeri was a Director (rank…

Elissa Golberg, the new Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Golberg served as the Director General of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Argentina, Chile and Guatemala The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its fifteenth session after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on…