Hears from the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, and the Secretary-General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy of Qatar The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirty-eighth regular session…

The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with Dainius Puras, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and with Alice Cruz, Special Rapporteur on the elimination of…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Victor Madrigal-Borloz, Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom…

Arabic version Good afternoon. I want to make a short statement today to bring you up to date. For the moment I will probably not take questions because there are many details that I would like to be able to elaborate on at a second opportunity [when you will be able to ask questions]. I am in a…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-eighth regular session from 18 June to 6 July 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will open the session…

Conference Hears Statements by Venezuela and Pakistan on behalf of the Group of 21 Ambassador Hussam Edin Aala of Syria, the President of the Conference on Disarmament, today presented a draft programme of work for the 2018 session. The Conference also heard statements by Venezuela and Pakistan…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 12 June 2018 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Federation of the Red Cross and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Committee for the Red Cross, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office…

The high-level fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) expert preparatory group adopted today its final report, which makes recommendations on substantial elements of a future treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. “I am delighted…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard from its President Hussam Edin Aala, Permanent Representative of Syria, who briefed the Conference on the consultations he had been conducting since assuming the Presidency on 28 May 2018. The Conference discussed the work of subsidiary bodies and…