The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-sixth regular session from 18 June to 12 July 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The session will open at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 18 June under the presidency of Ambassador Omar Zniber (Morocco).  The opening will…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, United Nations Trade and Development, the…

Manuel Barange, FAO Assistant Director-General and Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division 

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the initial periodic report of Congo. The Committee commended the State for helping returning migrants to set up businesses quickly, while asking questions…

Ko Barrett, WMO Deputy Secretary-GeneralWilfran Moufouma Okia, senior scientific officer WMOCarlo Buentempo, Director EU Copernicus Climate Change Service (via Zoom)

The Committee on Migrant Workers today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Senegal, with Committee Experts commending collaboration between Spain and Senegal to dismantle trafficking networks, and asking about support for migrants who had been returned to Senegal and the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Trade and Development and the…

 Le Comité pour la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille (CMW) a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport présenté par la Türkiye au titre de la Convention internationale sur la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et…

Le Comité pour la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille a ouvert ce matin les travaux de sa trente-huitième session, qui se tiendra à Genève jusqu’au 14 juin et pendant laquelle il doit examiner les rapports présentés par le Congo, le Sénégal et la…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its eighty-eighth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Brazil, Estonia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Montenegro, Republic of Korea, Rwanda and Singapore.The concluding observations adopted by the…