Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service at the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office of the…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning agreed on a timetable for the work of the Working Group on the way ahead. The Working Group was mandated to take stock of the progress on all agenda items of the Conference, identify issues for substantive work under the agenda,…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the second and third periodic report of Liechtenstein on its implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Martin Frick, Ambassador and Director of the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Michael K. Addo, Chair of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and with François Crépeau, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on realizing the right to health by enhancing capacity building in public health, hearing keynote statements by Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and with Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. In the discussion…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon began its clustered interactive dialogue with Cecilia Jimenez-Dimary, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and with Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Presenting her first…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on the oral update of Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The High Commissioner addressed the opening of the Council’s session on Tuesday, 6 June, and a summary of his statement can be found…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with Annalisa Ciampi, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and with Koumbou Boly Barry, Special Rapporteur on the right to education. In the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service at the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organisation, and the representatives of the International…