The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living. Introducing his report, Olivier de Schutter,…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Angola, Austria, Cyprus, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary and Pakistan The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-fourth session and adopted its concluding observations and…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the High Commissioner for…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Algeria, Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, New Zealand, Russian Federation and Slovakia The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-second session after adopting its concluding observations and…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing that was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World…

Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, the new Permanent Representative of Cuba 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. Rodríguez Camejo had been…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its tenth session after adopting two action points addressed to the Human Rights Council on human rights and issues related to hostage-taking and on new mandates. The Committee also adopted ad referendum the report of its tenth session to…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission on Europe, the Human Rights…

John Otachi Kakonge, the new Permanent Representative of Kenya 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, Mr. Kakonge had been working since 2010…

The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-second regular at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 25 February to 22 March, starting with a four-day high-level segment in which over 80 ministers and other senior dignitaries will address the Council on human rights matters of national interest…