Hears Address by Representative of Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its sixty-ninth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session,…

Angélica Cecilia Navarro Llanos, the new Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Navarro Llanos…

Hassan Sobir, the new Permanent Representative of the Maldives 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. Sobir served in numerous high-level…

Adopts Final Conclusions and Recommendations on Reports of the Central African Republic, the United States and UNMIK The Human Rights Committee concluded today its eighty-seventh session, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Christine Chanet, the…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $ 396,488,991.74 to four Governments for distribution to 31 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of six claims in category D (claims of individuals for damages above $100,000), six claims in category E…

Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations and on Follow-Up to Individual Communications The Human Rights Committee this morning discussed the progress reports of the Special Rapporteur for Follow-up to Views and the Special Rapporteur for Follow-up to Concluding Observations and…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its Annual Report to the General Assembly following a discussion among Committee Experts. The Annual Report covers the period from 1 August 2005 to 31 July 2006 and the eighty-fifth, eighty-sixth and eighty-seventh sessions of the Human Rights…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children…

The Human Rights Committee today discussed its revised General Comment on article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to a fair trial and equality before the courts and tribunals. The revised General Comment, when adopted, will replace the General Comment on…