The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its annual report covering its one hundred and thirty-eighth, one hundred and thirty-ninth and one hundred and fortieth sessions.Tijana Šurlan, Committee Rapporteur, presented the draft annual report for the sessions.  She said that…

Antonia Urrejola, international human rights expert appointed to identify and verify obstacles to the implementation of the Colombia 2016 Peace Agreement.

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Division of Administration, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the United…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its thirtieth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden and Zambia.Laverne Jacobs, Committee Rapporteur, said the Committee…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Fund, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.…

Adam Abdelmoula, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria (from Damascus)

 Le Comité des droits de l'homme a tenu, cet après-midi, sa treizième réunion informelle avec les États parties au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques. Le débat a essentiellement porté sur l’amélioration du fonctionnement du Comité et sur le retard accumulé dans l’…

 Le Comité des droits de l’homme a examiné, durant trois après-midis depuis lundi dernier, le rapport soumis par le Guyana au titre du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques.Au cours du dialogue noué entre les experts membres du Comité et la délégation guyanienne venue…

Pedro Manuel Moreno, UNCTAD Deputy Secretary general (from Geneva)The. Hon. Kerrie Symmonds, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade - Barbados (from Bridgetown)Matthew Wilson, Ambassador of Barbados to the UN and WTO (From Geneva) 

Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar