The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its sixth session during which it adopted five recommendations and its report to the Human Rights Council. Among these recommendations were texts on missing persons, the right to food, the right of peoples to peace, the enhancement of…

Sixteen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Sixteen States will have their human rights records examined during the tenth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 24 January to 4 February. These countries are (in…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2011 session on Tuesday, 25 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open under the presidency of Canada. The presidency of the Conference…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of…

Minelik Alemu Getahun, the new Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Getahun served as Deputy Head of…

Wayne McCook, the new Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. McCook is a career diplomat who has served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its sixth session from 17 to 21 January 2011 in Room XX of the Palais des Nations. The Advisory Committee, which is composed of 18 independent experts who serve as a think tank to the Human Rights Council, will further its work in relation to…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the Global Fund…

Yvette Morris, the Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the…