The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families held a Day of General Discussion on "Migrant workers in irregular status and their family members." This day had four objectives: to facilitate the work of the Committee in its recommendations to…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its fifty-eighth session, hearing an address by Carla Endelenbos, Chief of the Petitions and Inquiries Section of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on behalf of the…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened its sixth session this morning, hearing an address from Wan-Hea Lee, Chief of Groups in Focus Section Human Rights Treatise Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. During the meeting,…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue on the basis of the report of the High Commissioner on the visit of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to Yemen. Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang, presenting the High Commissioner’s report…

State Secretary for European and International Affairs of Austria Addresses the Council The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held an interactive dialogue with a member of the Commission of Inquiry on the situation of the human rights in Libya. The Council also heard a statement by…

Hears Address by the Minister of Justice of Sudan The Human Rights Council today held a panel discussion on the way forward in the realization of the right to health of older persons. It also heard an address by the Minister of Justice of Sudan. Mohammed Bushara Dousa, the Minister of Justice of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for World Health Organization, the Human Rights Council, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Trade Organization, the World Meteorological…

Katerina Sequensova, the new Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations Office at Geneva, presented her credentials today to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. . Ms. Sequensova joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the…

Jorge Correia, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Angola to the United Nations Office at Geneva, presented his credentials today to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Correia had been the…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning adopted its annual report to the General Assembly and concluded its 2011 session. During the discussion that followed the adoption of the annual report, speakers expressed their disappointment and frustration with the situation of deadlock the Conference…