Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United…

States Parties Agree on Common Understandings and to Promote Effective Action on Measures to Improve Biosafety and Biosecurity, Oversight, Education, Awareness Raising, and Codes of Conduct The Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention took place from 1 to 5 December 2008 in…

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 World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United…

Council Concludes Eighth Special Session after Adopting Resolution by Consensus The eighth special session of the Human Rights Council concluded today after adopting a resolution by consensus in which the Council expressed serious concern at the deteriorating human rights and humanitarian…

The Human Rights Council today concluded its eighth special session on the situation of human rights in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adopted a resolution in which it condemned the acts of violence, human rights violations and abuses committed in Kivu, in particular sexual…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this morning discussed the work of the Inter-Committee Meeting, including efforts to harmonize and streamline the work of the human rights treaty bodies; the promotion…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Initial Report of El Salvador The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its ninth session after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon opened its special session on the situation of human rights in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi, President of the Human Rights Council, emphasized how important it was for the Council to be able to discuss all…