Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Development Programme, World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations…

GENEVA (4 May 2015) – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has welcomed South Sudan’s ratification* of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and repeated its call for universal ratification of the Convention: “We applaud South Sudan for ratifying the Convention on the Rights…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing. The Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations…

GENEVA (30 April 2015) – Australia violated the right to family life of an Iranian man who had to leave the country after 16 years because he was considered a threat to national security but was never told why, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has found. Iranian national Mansour Leghaei…

The twenty-second session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 4 to 15 May during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the World Trade Organization, the International Labour Office, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Kyrgyzstan, Peru and Uganda The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its twenty-second session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the United Nations Television and Radio Section and Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations…

GENEVA (Issued as received) – The latest, and worst, loss of life in the Mediterranean Sea demands concerted action by all to save migrants' lives, the UN Committee on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today urged. “We once again express our shock and dismay at the…