Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, International Labour Organization, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, World Food Programme, Office for the…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on the right to health and on the human rights of migrants. Anand Grover, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its first public plenary meeting under the Presidency of Iran in which delegations exchanged views on the work of the Conference. During the meeting, Ambassador Mohsen Naziri Asl of Iran, incoming President of the Conference, outlined his…

The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held a clustered interactive dialogue with Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and Maria Magdalena Sepulveda Carmona, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Ms. Ngozi…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon began a clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, and…

Council Postpones Decision on Holding an Urgent Debate on the Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in Syria The Human Rights Council this morning opened its regular twenty-third session, hearing an address from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in which she updated the Council…

Committee Elects New Bureau with Kirsten Sandberg as its Chairperson The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its sixty-third session, hearing an address by Wan-Hea Lee, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the United Nations…

Concludes General Debate on the Update of the Annual Report of the High Commissioner, Decides to Hold Urgent Debate on Syria on 29 May The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the presentation of reports by Anand Grover, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the…

Rhoda M. Jackson, the new Permanent Representative of the Bahamas to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Jackson had been serving as…

President Says Conference is Long Way Off from Reaching Consensus on Draft Programme of Work The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a public plenary meeting during which it heard a statement by Australia on agenda item 7 on transparency in armaments, farewell remarks by the Ambassadors…