Creates Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea, Establishes Special Rapporteur on Rights of Persons with Disabilities The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-sixth regular session this evening after adopting 34 texts on a wide range of issues as well as its report for the session. The Council…

The new Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Pamela Hamamoto, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Hamamoto had been serving as…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, International Organization for Migration, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the High…

The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions gave a press conference this afternoon at the end of the twenty-eighth round of the Discussions. HERBERT SALBER, European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, said that Geneva International Discussions…

The Human Rights Council at a midday meeting today held interactive dialogues with Miklos Haraszti, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus, and Marzuki Darusman, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Mr.…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Lucia and United Kingdom The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, International Labour…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Labour Office, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization,…