The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a short plenary during which the President of the Conference provided an update on the current status of informal consultations for the adoption of a programme of work. Ambassador Luiz Filipe De Macedo Soares of Brazil, President of the Conference on…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner…

Council Encourages General Assembly to Proclaim 30 August the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances The Human Rights Council this morning continued its scheduled programme of voting, adopting two resolutions on the promotion of the enjoyment of cultural rights, and on…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Adopts Six Resolutions and a Decision on Freedom of Religion, Violence against Women, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Somalia and Racism; Closes Fourteenth Session The Human Rights Council this afternoon nominated new mandate holders on extrajudicial, summary or…

Appoints Eight Special Procedure Mandate Holders and Member of Council’s Advisory Committee, Extends Mandates on Internally Displaced Persons and Freedom of Religion or Belief, Decides to Dispatch Mission to Investigate Israeli Attack on Humanitarian Flotilla The Human Rights Council closed its…

Recommends Proclaiming 24 March as International Day for Right to Truth on Gross Human Rights Violations, Requests Draft Declaration on Right of Peoples to Peace The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted seven resolutions and one decision which, among other things, extended the mandate of…

Council Also Holds General Debate on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed the situation of human rights in Haiti, hearing from the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti…

The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive debate with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, as well as with the Working Group of Experts on people of African descent. Githu Muigai, Special Rapporteur on…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Environmental Programme, the International Labour Organization, the International Committee of the Red…