Swears in New Members of the Committee, Holds Informal Meeting with Civil Society The Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers this morning opened its twenty-eighth session, hearing an address by Adam Abdelmoula, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division of the Office…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Permanent Representative of India to the Conference on Disarmament, the Coordinator and Head of Strategic Programmes, Patient Safety, for the World Health Organization…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of El Salvador, Guatemala, Hungary, Lebanon and Norway The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and twenty-second session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of El…

Refiloe Litjobo, the new Permanent Representative of Lesotho to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Litjobo had been serving as a member of…

Ali Hussain Alsammak, the new Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Alsammak, a Kuwaiti…

The Human Rights Committee this morning continued the second reading of the draft General Comment No. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life. The Committee adopted introductory paragraphs on new weapons and on weapons of mass destruction,…

Cheryl Kay Spencer, the new Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Spencer served as the High Commissioner for…

Adopts Introductory Paragraphs on Euthanasia and Suicide, and Private Security Companies The Human Rights Committee this morning continued its second reading of the draft General Comment No. 36 on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Refugee Agency.YemenMr. LeBlanc said the high-level pledging event…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights closed its sixty-third session this afternoon after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Mexico, Niger, Central African Republic, Spain and New Zealand, as well as its annual report. The Committee’s…