Conference Holds Its Last Plenary Under the Swedish Presidency The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon heard an update by the United Kingdom on the 4 March incident in Salisbury in which the United Kingdom said a military-grade nerve agent Novichok developed by Russia had been used. It also…

Continues General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of the Czech Republic and Argentina. It also continued its general debate on human bodies and mechanisms. Jan Kara, Permanent Representative of the…

Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Guatemala, Switzerland and the Republic of Korea. It also concluded its general debate on human bodies and mechanisms. Jorge Luis Borrayo…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today the consideration of the initial report of Niger on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Ben Omar Mohamed, Minister of Employment,…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded its general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. In the general debate, speakers drew attention to the negative consequences for women, children and persons with disabilities of the proxy wars in the Middle…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded the review of the seventh periodic report of El Salvador and its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, María Silvia Guillén, Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights of El…

Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Provides Oral Updates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and on Eritrea The Human Rights Council this morning heard oral updates from Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and on…

Hears Presentation of Reports of the Forum on Minority Issues, the Social Forum, and the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with Fernand de Varennes, Special Rapporteur on minority issues. It also heard the…

United Kingdom says it will decide on 14 March if the use of a nerve agent against its citizens in Salisbury was an act of unlawful use of force by Russia against the United Kingdom The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard the President’s proposal for the appointment of coordinators of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Children’s Fund.…