Issues Conclusions on Reports of Turkey, the Republic of Moldova, Germany, Yemen and the Russian Federation The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded its forty-sixth session today, after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Turkey, the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Environment Programme, the Economic…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN Refugee Agency, the International…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the 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 on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World…

Adopts Resolution Urging Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights to Dispatch a Mission to Syria to Investigate All Alleged Violations of International Human Rights Law The Human Rights Council concluded on 29 April its Special Session on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab…

Sixteen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Sixteen States will have their human rights records examined during the eleventh session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 2 to 13 May. These countries are (in order of…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Friday, 29 April on “the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic”. The session will start at 11 a.m. in Salle XX of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Special Session was requested by the United States on behalf of 16 Member…