The eleventh Special Session of the Human Rights Council on Sri Lanka concluded this afternoon after adopting a resolution on assistance to Sri Lanka in the promotion and protection of human rights in which the Council urged the Government to continue strengthening its activities to ensure that…

The Human Rights Council concluded its eleventh Special Session today after adopting a resolution on assistance to Sri Lanka in the promotion and protection of human rights in which it encouraged the Government to continue to pursue its existing cooperation with relevant United Nations…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the fourth report of Sweden on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Karin Johansson, State Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of Sweden, said…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health…

Large Number of States Express their Support for New Draft Programme of Work The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard from 24 States on the underground nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea which was conducted on 25 May and a proposed new draft programme of work for…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon opened its eleventh Special Session on the situation of human rights in Sri Lanka. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that there were strong reasons to believe that both the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam had grossly…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic report of France on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Nadine Morano, Minister for Family Affairs of France, said that…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened it fifty-first session, electing its Chairperson, adopting its agenda and programme of work, and hearing an address from Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights. Ms. Kang brought to the attention of the Committee a…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section 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 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Australia, Brazil, Cyprus, Cambodia and the United Kingdom The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded its forty-second session today, after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Australia, Brazil, Cyprus,…