The Human Rights Council will hold a special meeting on Monday, 4 June to hear an address by Michelle Bachelet, the President of Chile, who will speak about Chile’s position on the importance of strengthening the system of the promotion and protection of human rights. Ms. Bachelet is also expected…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on events in commemoration of UN Peacekeepers Day (29 May) at Headquarters in New York and in Geneva, the situation in Lebanon, the activities of the High Commissioner for…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons and Representatives for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, InforSud news agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, participated on 23 May in the annual commemoration of Africa Day, organized by the Africa Union under the theme of “Let’s Strengthen Africa’s place in the world through strategic, balanced and responsible…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the second and third periodic reports of the Maldives on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Aishath Mohamed Didi, Minister of Gender and the Family of the Maldives, introducing the…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Nepal, Hungary, Netherlands (Antilles), Finland and Latvia The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded on 18 May its three-week spring session by adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Nepal,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today took part in the “Diplomacy Goes Virtual” event, which marked the inauguration of “Diplomacy Island” in “Second Life”, a computer-based simulated 3-dimensional environment available on the Internet. In his…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency and the International…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Denmark, Luxembourg, Italy, Netherlands, Ukraine, Japan and Poland The Committee against Torture today concluded its thirty-eighth session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Denmark, Luxembourg, Italy, the…