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…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from the Under-Secretary for Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration of Ecuador, Emilio Izquierdo Miño, describing international efforts to take up the challenge of combating conventional weapons…

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 World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcome of the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review on the reports on Indonesia, the United Kingdom, India and Brazil. Concluding the consideration of the outcome on the report on Indonesia, which began on 9 June in the afternoon…

Starts Consideration of Outcome on Report of Tunisia The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcome of the Universal Perioidic Review process on the reports of Bahrain and Ecuador and started consideration of the outcome on the report of Tunisia. Nizar Albaharna, Minister of State for…

Starts Review of Outcome of Universal Periodic Review on Indonesia The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review on the reports of Tunisia, Morocco and Finland. It also started its review of the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review on the report…

Council Hears Statement by Special Rapporteur on Right to Food The Human Rights Council this morning held review, rationalization and improvement processes for the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children, and the Special Rapporteur on the…

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 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed follow-up to the Special Session on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. Tomas Ojea Quintana, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said he had taken up the function of Special Rapporteur on 1 May 2008. Only a few…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Georgia, Bulgaria, United States, Republic of Korea, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Philippines and Eritrea The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its forty-eighth session, issuing its conclusions and recommendations on the situation of children in…