Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the…

The Human Rights Committee has considered the report of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on the human rights situation in Kosovo since 1999. This marked the first time that a United Nation mission has reported to a treaty body on measures taken to implement the…

The Human Rights Committee has considered the combined second and third periodic report of the United States on how that State party is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Warren Tichenor, Permanent Representative of the United States to the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director 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 International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the International…

Marie Heuzé, Director 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 Environment Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund,…

The Human Rights Committee has considered the second periodic report of the Central African Republic on how that country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Introducing the report, Thierry Maleyombo, High Commissioner for Human Rights and…

Marie Heuzé, Director 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 Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the International…

The Human Rights Committee, which reviews the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its 156 States parties, this morning opened its eighty-seventh session, hearing an address by a Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

Ms. Frances Victoria Victoria Velho Rodrigues, the new Permanent Representative of Mozambique 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 to Geneva, since 2000…

Delmer Urbizo, the new Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Over the course of his governmental career, Mr. Urbizo has served as Minister of…