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…

Hears Statements from Dignitaries from Cameroon, Austria and Azerbaijan The Human Rights Council this morning held the second part of its annual discussion on the human rights of women, with a panel on the rights of older women and their economic empowerment. The Council also heard addresses by…

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) CLOSING SESSION CHEIKH NIANG, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,…

Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria Addresses the Conference The Conference on Disarmament today held a discussion on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. It also…

At Thursday’s Syria Humanitarian Task Force meeting in Geneva, Senior Humanitarian Adviser Najat Rochdi urged Member States to support the United Nations’ immediate humanitarian priorities in Syria. First, in the de-escalation area in northwestern Syria, an unacceptable level of violence…

Convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) PLENARY I: THE LEGAL STATUS OF JERUSALEM UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND IN THE CONTEXT OF A FINAL PEACE SETTLEMENT AHMAD MAJDALANI…

Convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation OPENING SESSION CHEIKH NIANG, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP),…

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…