Mr. President, Excellencies, Thank you for the invitation to join Stephen O’Brien and Ivan Simonovic at this meeting. I will obviously defer to both Stephen and to Ivan on the subjects of their own competence and professional knowledge. And I will still refer to the linkages that exist between my…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an enhanced interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in South Sudan. Choi Kyong-Lim, President of the Human Rights Council, said the enhanced dialogue on South Sudan would focus on the situation of human rights and the steps taken by the…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Kuwait on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Jamal M. Alghunaim, Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting started its general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention, during which speakers raised allegations of human rights violations in countries and regions around the world and reiterated the Council’s responsibility to…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion in which it took stock of the contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its Universal Periodic Review, and identified ways to enhance further that contribution. Adam Abdelmula, Director of the Human…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary in which it heard from the outgoing Peruvian President of the Conference and the Russian Federation. Ambassador Luis Enrique Chavez Basagoitia of Peru, President of the Conference, said that this was the last week of…

Iba Mar Oulare, the new Permanent Observer of the West African Economic and Monetary Union to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Oulare…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee…

Concludes General Debate on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning heard an oral update by Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chairperson of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, followed by an interactive dialogue. At the beginning…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Denmark on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Tobias Elling Rehfeld, Undersecretary of…