Adopts Report of the Session, Annual Report for the General Assembly and Agenda for the Third Session The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its second session this afternoon after adopting the report of the second session, its annual report for the General Assembly and the agenda for…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances held three consecutive public meetings this morning in which it met with United Nations Member States who were either party to the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons against Enforced Disappearances or interested in it; followed by an…

The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions gave a press conference this afternoon at the end of the nineteenth round of the Discussions. PHILIPPE LEFORT, European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and for the crisis in Georgia, reading out the joint press communiqué,…

The question of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention facilities: legal and political implications The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine on 3…

Conference Hears Farewell Addresses from Ambassadors of Finland and Italy, Closes First Part of 2012 Session The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning to hear an address from Gombojav Zandanshatar, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Mongolia, and farewell addresses…

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 for Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the Economic Commission for Europe,…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances opened its second session this morning, hearing a statement from United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and adopting its agenda and programme of work. The Committee also held a minute of silence in remembrance of victims of enforced…

Also Adopts Texts on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, Human Rights and Good Governance, the Social Forum, and the Forum on Minority Issues The Human Rights Council this morning adopted six resolutions in which it extended for one year the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of…

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-Arab League Joint Special Envoy, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the High Commissioner for…

Appoints Six Special Procedures, Establishes Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund, and Concludes Nineteenth Session The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its nineteenth session after adopting 16 texts concerning, among others, technical assistance to the Democratic Republic of…