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The United Nations Information Service Geneva covers a range of activities taking place at the United Nations Office at Geneva, from meeting of the Human Rights Council and peace talks to other major conferences and events. Accredited journalists can participate in bi-weekly briefings chaired by the UN Geneva spokesperson and attended by the spokespeople of UN funds, programmes and specialized agencies based in Geneva. Correspondents also have access to scheduled press conferences, stakeouts and background briefings on an almost daily basis.

The UN Information Service also regularly issues press releases and meeting summaries of major meetings happening in Geneva, including the sessions of the Human Rights Council, the human rights committees, and the Conference on Disarmament. Facilities for the media include free or rented workspaces and access to radio and television studios and services, upon availability. 

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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO COMMENCE SECOND CYCLE WITH THIRTEENTH WORKING GROUP SESSION TO BE HELD FROM 21 MAY TO 4 JUNE 2012

UPR Working Group to Review Human Rights Records of 14 States The thirteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 21 May to 4 June during which the next group of 14 States will have their human rights records examined…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES NINETEENTH SESSION

Appoints Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment; Extends Mandates on Syria, Iran, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Myanmar and Haiti, Decides to Dispatch a Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements The Human Rights Council concluded its nineteenth regular session this…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ARBITRARY DETENTION AND ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

The Human Rights Council this morning heard the presentation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons and then held an interactive dialogue on arbitrary detention and on the human rights of internally displaced persons. Chaloka Beyani, Special…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS NINETEENTH REGULAR SESSION FROM 27 FEBRUARY TO 23 MARCH

Council Will Start with High-level Segment and Will Hold Panels on Human Rights and Sport, Freedom of Expression on the Internet, Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation The Human Rights Council will hold its nineteenth regular session from 27…
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COUNCIL CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA, ESTABLISHES MANDATE OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR SYRIA

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic in which it established a mandate of a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic. The resolution came at the end of a Special Session, the…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION ON SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Friday, 2 December “to examine the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic in the light of the report of the Commission of Inquiry”. The request for the Special Session was made by the European Union this morning and was signed…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL NOMINATES MUTAMA RUTEERE AS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

The Human Rights Council today briefly resumed its suspended eighteenth session to nominate Mutama Ruteere (Kenya) as the new Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Mr. Ruteere has a strong human rights background with…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES EIGHTEENTH SESSION

Creates Two New Mandates on Promotion of a Democratic International Order and on Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-recurrence The Human Rights Council concluded its eighteenth regular session this afternoon after adopting more than 30 resolutions and decisions and two…
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TWELFTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO BE HELD FROM 3 TO 14 OCTOBER 2011

Seventeen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Seventeen States will have their human rights records examined during the twelfth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 3 to 14 October. These countries are (in…
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PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL APPOINTS INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO INVESTIGATE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN SYRIA

The President of the Human Rights Council, Laura Dupuy Lasserre today appointed three high-level experts as members of the Commission of Inquiry to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law since March 2011 in the Syrian Arab Republic, as mandated by the Human Rights…

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