United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and 14 High-Level Dignitaries Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its sixteenth session, hearing from 14 high-level dignitaries and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, who said the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined seventeenth and eighteenth periodic reports of Yemen on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Huda…

The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this afternoon, hearing addresses from Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Alexander Stubb, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States of America, and Juan Manuel Gomez…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued with its high-level segment, hearing statements from 24 dignitaries who spoke about national efforts to promote and protect human rights, the review of the work of the Human Rights Council, the results of last week’s Special Session on the situation…

The Human Rights Council this morning opened a Special Session on “The situation of human rights in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya”. Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that Muammar Al-Qadhafi must stop the violence now. Libya was a member of the Human Rights Council and as such…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the initial report of Serbia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Sanja Jasarevic-Kuzic, Assistant Minister…

Delegation of Libya addresses the Council, saying the will of the people is invincible The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Libya. Resolution S-15/L.1, adopted by consensus without a vote, calls on the Libyan government to, among other…

Resolution Calls for the Council to Dispatch Commission of Inquiry to Libya to Investigate all Alleged Violations of International Human Rights Law The Human Rights Council this afternoon closed its Special Session on the human rights situation in Libya after adopting a resolution in which it…

The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning in which States discussed the way forward on nuclear disarmament. During opening remarks, Pedro Oyarce, President of the Conference on Disarmament, noted that there was a debate about whether to initiate a phased program for…