The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed resolution 2356, adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 2 June, which extends the number of individuals and entities targeted by sanctions first imposed under resolution 1718 of 2006 - an asset freeze and travel ban for…

Hears Address by the United States’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Vitit Muntharbhorn, Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender…

Hears Statements by the President of Uruguay and the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirty-fifth regular session, hearing an address by Tabaré Vázquez, President of Uruguay, and an update by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High…

The Human Rights Council in its 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 Virginia Dandan, the Independent Expert on human…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard from civil society organizations about the situation in Sri Lanka, whose report it will review this week. The Committee will also examine the report of Lichtenstein, but there no non-governmental organizations from…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon began a 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. Ms. Ciampi noted that she had…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of the Netherlands on its implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Loes Mulder, Secretary-General…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Antigua and Barbuda, Bhutan, Cameroon, Lebanon, Mongolia, Qatar, Romania and the United States The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its seventy-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the World Health Organization, the United Nations…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Uruguay on its implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Ricardo González Arenas, Permanent…