First 16 Countries to be Reviewed During Inaugural UPR Session from 7 to 18 April The first session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 7 to 18 April during which 16 States will have their human rights records examined under this…

Wraps Up with General Statements from 23 Speakers on Renewed Mandates, Upcoming Universal Periodic Review, and Defamation of Religions, Among Others The Human Rights Council this morning officially concluded the work of its seventh regular session, adopting its reports to the General Assembly,…

HIGHLIGHTS OF REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office of…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food…

Establishes New Mandate on Access to Safe Drinking Water The Human Rights Council at its seventh regular session adopted 36 resolutions on a wide range of issues, extended the mandates of 13 Special Procedures and established the mandate of an Independent Expert on the issue of human rights…

George Gorgiladze, the new Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Gorgiladze had been serving as…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the United…

Jan Eliasson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Darfur, and Salim Ahmed Salim, Special Envoy of the African Union for Darfur, briefed journalists on the results of two days of informal consultations in Geneva with regional partners and international observers on Darfur. Yesterday,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic…