The Human Rights Council at its midday meeting today adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Ireland, Togo and Syria. Gerard Corr, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that of the 127 recommendations made by Member States, Ireland had…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Venezuela, Iceland and Zimbabwe. Temir Porras Poneleon, Vice-Minister of the People’s Ministry of External Relations of Venezuela, said the Government of Venezuela was committed to guaranteeing…

The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on human rights situations that require the attention of the Council after hearing from a series of non-governmental organizations that condemned violations of human rights in States all over the world. Speaking in the general…

Hears Reports of the Forum on Minority Issues and the Social Forum The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held an interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on minority issues, heard the presentation of reports from the Forum on Minority Issues and the Social Forum, and then…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review on Tajikistan, Tanzania and Libya. Rustam Mengliev, Minister of Justice of Tajikistan, pointed out that the Government had carefully considered the 131 recommendations it had received and a total of 104…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed a new proposed programme of work drafted by the President of the Conference. In an opening address Ambassador Hisham Badr of Egypt, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said that following consultations with all Conference members he had…

Human Rights Council this morning concluded its interactive dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on the situation of human rights in Syria and began its general debate on human rights situations that require the attention of the Council. Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson of the Independent…

The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held a panel discussion to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. Kyung-wha Kang, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human…

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 Refugees, the Human Rights Council, the Economic Commission on Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its general debate on human rights situations that require the attention of the Council, in which speakers raised the situation of human rights violations in a number of countries. Speaking in the general debate were Algeria, France, Germany,…