Convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in partnership with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) PLENARY IV: WAYS FORWARD TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE SACRED CITY AMMAR HIJAZI, Assistant Foreign Minister for Multilateral…

Le Directeur général de l’ONU Genève, Michael Møller, a signé aujourd’hui avec la nouvelle fondation Portail des Nations, créée par le philanthrope genevois Ivan Pictet, un accord-cadre visant, à terme, la construction d’un nouveau lieu d’accueil et d’information sur l’ONU et sa place au sein de la…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion women’s rights and climate change: climate action, good practices and lessons learned. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that across the planet, the climate crisis was stripping people of their…

PLENARY III: JERUSALEM: HOLY TO THE THREE MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS BERNARD SABELLA, Former member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, sociologist and Executive Secretary of the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (MECC), speaking about challenges in the free access to holy sites in…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Dubravka Šimonović, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children. Ms.…

Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, Addresses the Council The Human Rights Council today held a clustered interactive dialogue with Meskerem Geset Techane, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, and Surya Deva…

Arabic version Mr President, 1. Let me start with the very worrying situation in and around the Idlib de-escalation area. Regrettably the fighting continues, with reports of: airstrikes, shelling, rockets and mortar attacks , all too often involving the indiscriminate use of force. Civilians…

Convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in partnership with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation PLENARY II: CHALLENGES TO SAFEGUARDING THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF JERUSALEM NAZMI AL-JUBEH, Associate Professor of History and…

The Human Rights Council this morning held the first part of its annual discussion on the human rights of women, with a panel on violence against women in the world of work. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland…