Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Right to Food, Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation and Adequate Housing The Human Rights Council this morning heard presentations of reports by Martin Scheinin, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue on the reports of Martin Scheinin, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism; Manfred Nowak, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment…

High Commissioner for Human Rights Delivers Statement on Occasion of International Women's Day The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on the realization of the right to food. At the beginning of the meeting, Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…

Concludes Panel Discussion on Right to Food The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed reports presented by Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food; Catarina de Albuquerque, Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to safe drinking water and…

Sergey Lavrov Says Stalemate in Conference on Disarmament Reflects Unfavourable State of Affairs in the Field of International Security Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, today told the Conference on Disarmament that Russia welcomes the statements made by…

Dian Triansyah Djani, the new Permanent Representative of Indonesia 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. Djani had been Director General…

Council Holds Annual Interactive Debate on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities The Human Rights Council this morning heard a presentation by Kyung-wha Kang, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, of a number of reports on genocide, arbitrary deprivation of nationality, activities of…

Vu Dung, the new Permanent Representative of Viet Nam 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. Vu had been serving as the Vice Minister for…

Darlington Mwape, the new Permanent Representative of Zambia 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. Mwape had been serving as Legal…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination…