The Conference on Disarmament today began a series of thematic discussions on the core issues on its agenda with a plenary meeting dedicated to nuclear disarmament. Ambassador Sujata Mehta of India, President of the Conference on Disarmament, hoped that these thematic discussions which would be…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with High Commissioner for Human Rights on her Annual Report The Human Rights Council this morning heard the presentation of thematic reports by the United Nations Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights and held a general debate on the reports…

The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living. Introducing his report, Olivier de Schutter,…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon began its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on torture and on human rights defenders. Introducing his report, Juan E. Mendez, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, said that the…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Angola, Austria, Cyprus, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary and Pakistan The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-fourth session and adopted its concluding observations and…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the High Commissioner for…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Algeria, Dominican Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, New Zealand, Russian Federation and Slovakia The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-second session after adopting its concluding observations and…

United Nations Secretary-General to the Council: Human Rights are the Birthright of Every Human Being United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon this afternoon participated in a high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming at the Human Rights Council, saying that human rights were…

The Human Rights Council this morning continued its interactive dialogue with Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on her annual report.Responding to questions and comments by delegations, Ms. Pillay said that an informed dialogue between States and more concerted…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its high-level segment after hearing statements from 13 dignitaries who expressed their concerns about the situation in Mali, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Syria, and highlighted some of the achievements that their countries and…