Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Reports by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation. The Council also…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families has considered the initial report of Guatemala on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.…

The Conference on Disarmament, the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, concludes its 2011 session this week. The first plenary session began on 25 January and it officially ends on Friday 16 September. Addressing the Conference on 26 January, the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate under its agenda items on the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General, and on the promotion and protection of all human rights,…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families considered the initial report of Chile on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. Presenting the…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights. It…

The Conference on Disarmament held a public plenary this morning to discuss the adoption of its annual report to the General Assembly. Representatives from South Africa, Germany, Algeria, Pakistan, Iran and the United States focused on the difficulties that remained as barriers to achieving a…

Hears Statements by Ministers from Myanmar and Democratic Republic of the Congo The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy. It also heard statements by the…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families has considered the initial report of Argentina’s implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. Presenting…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the UN Refugee Agency, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Health…