Sultan Chouzour, the new Permanent Representative of the Comoros to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Chouzour served as Ambassador to…

Adopts Presidential Statement on Haiti which Extends Mission of Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti until September 2011 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 12 texts in which it, among other things extended for three years the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on adequate…

The Human Rights Council today focused on the situation of human rights in Somalia as it took up its agenda item on technical assistance and capacity building. It first held a stand-alone interactive dialogue on assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights, which was then followed by an…

Extends Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Slavery, Endorses Nomination of Special Rapporteurs on Internally Displaced Persons and on Torture The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted six resolutions on follow-up to the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to investigate violations of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law, resulting from the Israeli attacks on the flotilla of ships carrying…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and the Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, under its agenda…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. The Special Rapporteur, Surya Prasad Subedi, presenting his report, said Cambodia had made noteworthy progress in protecting and promoting human rights,…

The Human Rights Council this morning took up its agenda item on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, under which it considered the report of the Committee of Experts established in the context of follow-up to the report of the Independent International Fact-…

Council Holds General Debate on the Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories The United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to investigate violations of international law, including international humanitarian and human rights law, resulting from the Israeli attacks on the…