The Human Rights Council this morning opened a Special Session on preventing the further deterioration of the human rights situation in Burundi. The Special Session was convened at the request of the United States, and called for by 18 other Member States of the Council and 29 Observer States, said…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution in which it requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to urgently organize and dispatch a mission to Burundi to swiftly investigate violations and abuses of human rights with a view to preventing the further…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its Special Session on the human rights situation in Burundi after requesting the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to urgently organize and dispatch an expert mission to Burundi to swiftly investigate violations and abuses of human…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Children’s…

The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-fourth Special Session on the human rights situation in Burundi on Thursday, 17 December. The request for the Special Session, supported by 43 States, was delivered by the United States on Friday, 11 December. In order for a Special Session to be…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section and Officer in Charge, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, International…

The 2015 Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 14 to 18 December 2015. Formally known as the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin…

Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of the Holy See, Lithuania, Egypt, Slovenia, Mongolia and Turkey The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of the…

Adopts Recommendations on Reports of Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan, Austria, Denmark, China, including Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and Jordan The Committee against Torture today concluded its fifty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations…

The thirty-fourth round of the Geneva International Discussions has just ended. The Co-Chairs welcomed the thorough exchanges of views that took place on the security and humanitarian situation on the ground. The participants welcomed the continued constructive cooperation in…