Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the International Organization for Migration.Situation in South SudanUgochi Daniels, Deputy…

Richard Bennett, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in AfghanistanNazifa Jalali, Director of Dialogue Hub and steering committee member of Human Rights Defenders Plus (HRD+)Suraya Dalil, former Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan and former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the…

Nicolas Levrat, Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues (in person)Richard Bennett, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan (in person)George Katrougalos, Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order (online)Francesca Albanese,…

 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-ninth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Australia, Georgia, Kenya, and Uruguay under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.The concluding…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the President of the General Assembly, and spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

 (Near Verbatim)Good morning and as this is my first time to address you as President of the General Assembly here in Geneva, I would like to thank you for being here as the UN press corps and also to get into the exchange.As we are having this briefing on the 24th of February I would like to…

The Human Rights Council this morning opened its sixty-first regular session, hearing statements from the President of the General Assembly, the United Nations Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its ninety-second session after adopting concluding observations regarding reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women submitted by Argentina, the Czech…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of UN Women, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations…

Mohamed Chande Othman, Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission- (Zoom)Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Expert Member of the Fact-Finding Mission- (Zoom)Mona Rishmawi, Expert Member of the Fact-Finding Mission- In the Press Room (PR)