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…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Agnès Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and Koumbou Boly Barry, Special Rapporteur on the right to education. Ms. Callamard said that she had undertaken the…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Mandate Holders on the Human Rights of Migrants and on Human Rights and International Solidarity The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with David Kaye, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of freedom of…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Right to Health and on Eliminating Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Felipe Gonzalez Morales, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, and with…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on the update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. During the meeting, two dignitaries took the floor. Aierken Tuniyazi, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, UN-Women, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the…

Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Addresses the Conference The Conference on Disarmament this morning bid farewell to Michael Møller, the outgoing Secretary-General of the Conference and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, during its first…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. At the…