The Human Rights Council held a general debate on the follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. The Vienna Declaration was adopted on 25 June 1993 with the aim of reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Charter and…

Colombia on behalf of the Latin American Members and Observers of the Conference, Iraq, Iran, Chile, Egypt and Mexico also Address the Conference The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its first plenary under the Presidency of Brazil and heard a statement from Brazil’s Minister of…

Concludes General Debate on the Implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance and follow up and implementation of the Durban Declaration…

The Human Rights Council this morning considered the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, holding an interactive dialogue on the annual report of Richard Falk, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard a panel discussion on the human rights dimensions of maternal mortality. Opening the discussion, Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that according to the latest United Nations official figures, 529,000 women died…

Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, this morning addressed the Conference on Disarmament, saying that Ukraine considered the Conference to be one of the world’s most important multilateral forums and it was crucially important to achieve consensus on the 2010 Programme…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review of Iraq, the Gambia, and Egypt. Wijdan Salim, Minister for Human Rights of Iraq, said a national conference would be held to discuss a draft road map for the implementation of the recommendations approved…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the 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 Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Argentina, Belgium, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Grenada, Japan, Nigeria, Tunisia, Colombia and Serbia The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its three-week fifty-fourth session after issuing its concluding observations and…

Holds General Debate on Universal Periodic Review Mechanism The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Bosnia and Herzegovina, following which it held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review mechanism, during which speakers said that…