President of Slovakia Addresses Council The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard an address by the President of Slovakia, Ivan Gašparovič. It also began a clustered interactive dialogue with the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the…

Also Hears Update by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Activities of her Office The Human Rights Council this morning opened its twenty-first regular session, hearing an address by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and an update by High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this morning opened its seventeenth session at Palais Wilson in Geneva, and adopted its agenda and programme of work. The Chief of the Americas Section, Field Operations and Technical Co-operations…

Minister of Justice of Sudan Addresses the Council The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard an address by the Minister of Justice of Sudan and continued the general debate on the annual report of the High Commissioner and reports of her Office and the Secretary-General, which it started this…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights…

Martin Eyjólfsson, the new Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva Mr. Eyjólfsson held the position of…

Council to Hear Presentations from 19 Independent Human Rights Experts and Bodies; Commission on Inquiry on Syria also to Present Latest Report The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-first regular session from 10 to 28 September 2012 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the…

The Conference on Disarmament today continued consideration of its draft annual report which will be presented to the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly when it opens on 18 September 2012 in New York. The President of the Conference, Ambassador Hellmut Hoffmann of Germany…

Wafaa Bassim, the new Permanent Representative of Egypt 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. Bassim had been serving as Deputy Foreign…