Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations…

The Human Rights Council will hold its fourth special session on Tuesday, 12 December on the situation of human rights in Darfur. The special session is being convened following a request by the Ambassador of Finland and has been signed by 33 Member States. The request for the special session…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the…

Jan Egeland held his last press conference this morning in Geneva in his capacity as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, a post to which he was appointed in 2003. He will be stepping down next month. He gave an overview of the worldwide humanitarian…

In Presidential Statement, Council Postpones Twenty Draft Texts for Consideration at Later Sessions The Human Rights Council today concluded its second session in which it adopted 18 texts, including on human rights and access to water, extreme poverty, the occupied Syrian Golan, the right to…

Moussa Bocar Ly, the new Permanent Representative of Senegal 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. Ly has been simultaneously serving,…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Tajikistan, Mexico, Burundi, Russian Federation, South Africa, Guyana and Hungary The Committee against Torture today concluded its three-week fall session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Tajikistan, Mexico,…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of the Netherlands, El Salvador, Tajikistan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its three-week autumn session by adopting its concluding observations on the reports…