The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on the update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. During the meeting, two dignitaries took the floor. Aierken Tuniyazi, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, UN-Women, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue on the Right to Health and on Eliminating Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Felipe Gonzalez Morales, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, and with…

Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Addresses the Conference The Conference on Disarmament this morning bid farewell to Michael Møller, the outgoing Secretary-General of the Conference and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, during its first…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Dainius Puras, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and with Alice Cruz, Special Rapporteur on the elimination of…

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. At the…

Presidents of Bulgaria and of the Marshall Islands, and Dignitaries from Armenia, Somalia, Netherlands, Republic of Moldova, and Norway Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-first regular session, hearing an update by Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations…

As delivered Monsieur Jean-Jacques Elmiger, President of the 108th Session of the International Labour Conference, Mr. Guy Ryder, and my dear friend, Director-General of the ILO, Your Excellencies, Delegates, Friends, You come together at this Centenary International Labour Conference during a…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its last plenary under the presidency of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) in which it discussed the draft programme of work presented by the president.Jorge Valero, President of the Conference on Disarmament and Permanent Representative of…