The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fourteenth to seventeenth periodic report of Peru on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Aurelio…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning discussed a draft declaration on human rights education and training. Emmanuel Decaux, Advisory Committee Expert and Rapporteur for the drafting group on the draft United Nations declaration on human rights education and training, said this…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNAIDS and the World Health…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon continued its consideration of two items on its agenda, namely draft guidelines and principles on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and members of their family, and draft rules of…

Discusses Draft Principles and Guidelines to Eliminate Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy and their Family Members The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning opened its third session, hearing opening statements, electing its new bureau, adopting its agenda and…

To mark the start of the second half of the Secretary-General’s 100-day “WMD-We Must Disarm” countdown campaign to the International Day of Peace on 21 September, the United Nations has launched a competition to find the best short film on the issue of nuclear disarmament and/or non-proliferation.…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its seventy-fifth session, holding a dialogue with Ibrahim Salama, Chief Human Rights Treaties Branch Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on the implementation of the Durban outcome document and the…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon continued its consideration of draft guidelines on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, following which it took up its draft rules of procedure and methods of work. In the context…

Dell Higgie, the new Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, from 2003 to the present, Ms. Higgie had…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations…