The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon continued with its high-level segment, hearing addresses by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand. George Ciamba, Deputy…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its high-level segment, hearing statements from dignitaries from Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco, Cameroon, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Italy Uruguay, Myanmar, Greece, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Japan, Bolivia, Iran, Belarus, the Commonwealth, and the Council of…

President of the General Assembly, High Commissioner for Human Rights and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland also Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirty-fourth regular session, hearing an address by António Guterres, the United…

The Human Rights Council today started its high-level segment, hearing statements by dignitaries from 28 States and one organization. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, updated the Human Rights Council on the current situation in the occupied State of…

Hears Statements from the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Jordan and the Netherlands The Conference on Disarmament opened its High-Level Segment today, hearing statements by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Jordan and the Netherlands. Ayman Safadi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held its annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming, with a focus on the contribution of human rights to peacebuilding. Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli, President of the Human Rights Council, opening the panel, said it would focus on the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial to third periodic reports of Micronesia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the reports,…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixtieth session. The week-long session focused on substantive issues, including a discussion day on the draft General Comment on business and human rights. In closing remarks, Virginia Bras Gomes, Chairperson of the…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its eighteenth session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 20 to 24 February 2017. At the closing meeting on 24 February, the Advisory Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United…