The Human Rights Council continued its high-level segment in a midday meeting, hearing addresses by 17 dignitaries, who outlined how their countries’ policies were aligned to human rights standards and discussed the pertinent challenges to global peace and security, including country specific…

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES LAUNCHES HIS CALL TO ACTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-third regular session, hearing from United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming, focusing on advancing the mainstreaming of children’s rights within the United Nations system through a child rights-based approach. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, President of the…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Ukraine on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Experts noted that the large internally displaced…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered Kiribati’s combined initial to third periodic reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Experts recognized the islands’ vulnerability to climate…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination of…

The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held its first plenary under the Presidency of Ambassador Carlos Mario Foradori of Argentina. The President said the Conference urgently needed a high dose of common sense. About 1,600 hours of deliberations in the last 22 years had been wasted in…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Belgium on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Experts reviewed how the Government’s policies on…

Mawien Makol Ariik, the new Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ariik had been serving as the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today reviewed the sixth periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Committee Experts inquired about violence against…