The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting heard the High Commissioner for Human Rights present her global oral update on the situation of human rights worldwide, as well as her Office’s reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Cyprus, and an oral update on Eritrea, followed by a…

  The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held a plenary meeting, which its President, Alicia Victoria Arango Olmos, Permanent Representative of Colombia, opened by paying tribute to all women fighting inequality throughout the world on International Women's Day 2022. The representative…

  Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, the new Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment in Geneva, Archbishop…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of theUnited Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Federation of the Red…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Iraq on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts commending the State for taking steps to pursue and bring to…

  Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a célébré, ce matin, la Journée internationale des femmes, avant d’achever son dialogue, entamé hier, autour de la mise à jour orale de la Haute-Commissaire concernant la situation des droits de l’homme dans la région du Tigré en Éthiopie. M. Federico…

  Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a entendu, cet après-midi, la Haute-Commissaire aux droits de l’homme, Mme Michelle Bachelet, présenter son rapport sur la situation des droits de l’homme en Afghanistan et une mise à jour sur la situation des droits de l’homme dans la région du Tigré en…

  Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a tenu cet après-midi avec la Haute-Commissaire aux droits de l’homme, Mme Bachelet – ainsi que son adjointe, Mme Nada Al-Nashif – un dialogue sur la situation des droits de l’homme au Nicaragua, suivi d’un dialogue renforcé sur la situation des droits de l’…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its twenty-sixth session, during which it will consider the reports of Hungary, Jamaica, Venezuela, Switzerland and Mexico. The Committee made a statement regarding the situation in Ukraine. In his opening statement, Orest…

  Face à l'épidémie de COVID-19, la solidarité entre les pays a déjà pris plusieurs formes, notamment avec l'Accélérateur d'accès aux outils contre la COVID-19 et son dispositif COVAX, qui ont permis de fournir plus d'un milliard de vaccins à près de 150 pays, ou encore des initiatives telles…