The first-ever meeting of the Internet Governance Forum will take place in Athens, Greece, from 30 October to 2 November with the overall theme “Internet Governance for Development”. More than 1,200 participants comprised of government, private sector and civil society representatives, including…

The Human Rights Committee has considered the sixth periodic report of Ukraine on how that State party is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Introducing the report, Dmytro Kotlyar, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine, said that a new era of…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Labour…

The Human Rights Committee has considered the initial report of Bosnia and Herzegovina on how that State party is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Introducing the report of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Maksim Stanišić, Assistant Minister in the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for…

The Human Rights Committee has considered the initial report of Honduras on how that State party is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. J. Delmer Urbizo Panting, the Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations Office at Geneva,…

Hears Address by Representative of High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Committee, which reviews the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its 159 States parties, this morning opened its eighty-eighth session, hearing an…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Health…

Adopts Decision on Mechanisms and Mandates The Human Rights Council this morning decided, given the high number of draft proposals submitted for the session, and the insufficient time available in order to guarantee the due and balanced consideration of all proposals, to defer all draft proposals…