Council Holds Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur, then General Debate on Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, and the newly appointed Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the…

Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Situation in Palestine and Other Occupied Arab Territories The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the follow up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action after concluding a general debate on the human…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard statements from Spokespersons and representatives for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Food…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review process on the reports on Sri Lanka, France and Tonga. Rajiva Wijesingha, the Secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights of Sri Lanka, said that Sri Lanka had voluntarily and in a…

Holds General Debate on Universal Periodic Review The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review process on the reports on Romania and Mali and held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review. Ghergohe Magheru, Director General at the Ministry…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review process on the reports on Peru, Benin, Switzerland and the Republic of Korea. José Eduardo Ponce Vivanco, Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that the first two…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review process on the reports on Pakistan, Zambia, Japan and Ukraine. Masood Khan, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said that Pakistan endorsed the view that the…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review process on the reports on the Netherlands, South Africa and the Czech Republic. On the outcome on the Netherlands, Arjan Hamburger, Human Rights Ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the Universal Periodic Review process on the reports on Argentina, Gabon, Ghana and Guatemala. Alberto Dumont, the Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations Office at Geneva, reaffirmed Argentina’s commitment to the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review process on the reports on the Philippines, Algeria and Poland. Erlinda Basilio, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations Office at Geneva, said the Philippines had welcomed the…