Marie Chantal Rwakazina, the new Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Rwakazina had been serving as…

Panayotis Stournaras, the new Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Stournaras had been serving at the Ministry…

Good morning, as you know I have had discussions in Riyadh with the Opposition SNC, and today I continue those discussions here in Damascus with Foreign Minister Muallem. We obviously concentrated on the situation in the northeast, and I repeated the Secretary-General’s strong appeal that we…

Experts also Discuss Hate-driven Speech and the Rise of Extreme Right-wing Parties; Detention of Migrants, including Children; Police Violence against Refugees and Migrants; and the Repatriation of Spouses and Children of Foreign Fighters The Human Rights Committee today concluded its…

Frank Tressler Zamorano, the new Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Tressler Zamorano had been serving…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Senegal on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Committee Experts discussed, among others, restrictions affecting civic space and the suspension of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

Holds Panel Discussions on Concerns Related to Land by Indigenous Peoples and other Vulnerable Groups, Land Rights and Conflicts, and Land under Changing Environmental Conditions and Climate Change The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded a day of general…

Holds Two Panels on Pressures on Land and Speculation, and on Protection of Security of Land Tenure, including Gender Dimensions The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning started its day of general discussion on obligations of States under the International Covenant on…

Committee to Review the Reports of Senegal, Belgium, Mexico, Czech Republic, Central African Republic and Cabo Verde The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and twenty-seventh session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing a statement from Simon Walker, Chief of the…