Today, the United Nations Compensation Commission made available a total of $680,000,000 to the Government of the State of Kuwait for distribution to nine successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 5 claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and 4…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its sixth session during which it adopted five recommendations and its report to the Human Rights Council. Among these recommendations were texts on missing persons, the right to food, the right of peoples to peace, the enhancement of…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2011 session on Tuesday, 25 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open under the presidency of Canada. The presidency of the Conference…

Sixteen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Sixteen States will have their human rights records examined during the tenth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 24 January to 4 February. These countries are (in…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its sixth session from 17 to 21 January 2011 in Room XX of the Palais des Nations. The Advisory Committee, which is composed of 18 independent experts who serve as a think tank to the Human Rights Council, will further its work in relation to…

The Human Rights Council concluded its fourteenth Special Session today after adopting a resolution in which it strongly condemned human rights violations that had taken place in Côte d’Ivoire, including abductions, enforced or involuntary disappearances, arbitrary detentions, extrajudicial,…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on "The situation of human rights in Côte d'Ivoire since the elections on 28 November 2010" on Thursday 23 December, starting at 10 a.m. in Room XX of the Palais des Nations. The holding of the Special Session comes at the request of Nigeria on…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Albania, Ecuador and Senegal; Adopts General Comment on Migrant Domestic Workers The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its thirteenth session after…

The United Nations Office at Geneva today held a Special Meeting to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The Special Meeting was organized in observance of General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977. Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Under-Secretary-General…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Dominican Republic, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Uruguay The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its forty-fifth session during which it examined measures taken by the Dominican Republic, the…