Holds General Debate on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted three resolutions on the question of the death penalty, the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation and preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights. It…

The Human Rights Council this morning held its general debate on the implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. During the general debate speakers indicated that the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted in 1993, constituted a milestone in many respects. It…

Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri, the new Permanent Representative of Bahrain 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, Dr. Bucheeri was a Director (rank…

Elissa Golberg, the new Permanent Representative of Canada 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. Golberg served as the Director General of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for…

Discontinues Consideration of Human Rights Situation in Tajikistan under Complaint Procedure, Keeps Democratic Republic of the Congo under Review The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism,…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance after hearing from the Ad Hoc Committee on Complementary Standards. Abdul Samad Minty, South Africa, presenting the report of the Chairperson of the Ad-Hoc…

Theme Focuses on Institutional Implications of Gender Integration The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective in the work of the Human Rights Council, with a focus on institutional implications of gender integration. Laura Dupuy…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has considered the third and fourth combined reports of Panama on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, Niurka del C. Palacios, Vice-Minister of Social Development, said that…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories. Bacre Ndiaye, Director of the Human Rights Council and Special Procedures Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in introducing…