Tripoli, 31 August 2023  Since late 2020, the Libyan government has found solutions for 80% of internally displaced persons working with communities to help address their issues. Concluding his four-day visit to the country, where he met with government officials and internally…

The 2023 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament started on 21 August at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats and other government officials from 24 States of the United Nations. Officials from the following States are participating in…

The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of New Zealand, Romania, Spain and Switzerland on their efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and thirty-eighth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Cyprus, Lesotho, State of Palestine and Uganda. Tania María Abdo Rocholl, Committee Chairperson, said constructive dialogues had…

On 18 July, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), through its Perception Change Project (PCP), unveiled a new photo exhibition entitled “Not a Woman’s Job?: Breaking Barriers in Sports”. The exhibition, inaugurated in the presence of UNOG Director-General, Tatiana Valovaya, and the President…

  Overview    Almost one year into the Initiative, a total of 32.8 million tons of grain and foodstuffs has been exported from the three designated Ukrainian ports under the Initiative. Ships made 1,003 voyages from the ports, including 35 that had been stranded since February 2022.…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-third regular session from 19 June to 14 July 2023 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 19 June under the presidency of Ambassador Václav Bálek (Czechia).  The opening will be…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session to address “the human rights impact of the ongoing conflict in the Sudan” on Thursday, 11 May. The session will start at 10 a.m. in room XX at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The meeting will be webcast live on webtv…

  More people are being forced to flee within their own country than ever before. Last year, tens of millions were driven from their homes due to conflict, violence, and disasters, including by the invasion of Ukraine, catastrophic floods in South Asia, drought in East Africa, and violent…

FIFTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Geneva, Switzerland, 27 February-4 April 2023 The fifty-second session of the Human Rights Council will begin on Monday 27 February 2023 at the United Nations’ Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Journalists who have received media…