Mr. President [Luis Alfonso de Alba], let me first congratulate you – or rather, let me congratulate the Council on choosing you as its first President. This choice augurs well indeed for the Council’s future work. We at UN Headquarters in New York know you well, from your time in the...

The first session of the Human Rights Council, which the President of the General Assembly Jan Eliasson says will herald a new beginning for the promotion and protection of human rights, will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 19 to 30 June 2006. Mr. Eliasson, United Nations...

The first meeting of the newly established Human Rights Council opens in Geneva on Monday, 19 June, marking a new beginning for United Nations efforts to promote and protect fundamental freedoms worldwide. This inaugural session, set to last until 30 June, will bring together high-level...

MARKS 'NEW BEGINNING' FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION, PROTECTION NEW YORK, 9 May 2006 - The General Assembly today, in what its President called a new beginning for the promotion and protection of human rights, elected the first 47 members of the newly-created Human Rights Council.Following three...