Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Argentina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Guatemala, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Monaco, the Netherlands, Panama and Slovakia The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its four-week seventy-sixth session and released its concluding…

GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination called on the Nigerian authorities to tackle the underlying causes of the repeated outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence near the city of Jos in northern Nigeria. Over the last 10 years, over 13,500 people have…

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

GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities announced Friday the creation of a working group to follow up on the situation of the disabled in Haiti, who have been disproportionately affected by the earthquake that hit Haiti in January. Last month, the group of…

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

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

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Director-General of United Nations Office at Geneva, as well as spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its one-week third session, which was primarily devoted to the discussion of its procedures and working methods. This morning, the Committee also held a dialogue with States parties and other organizations on the…

The Human Rights Council will hold its thirteenth regular session from 1 to 26 March at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Council's main annual session will start off with a high-level segment from 1 to 3 March, when some 70 dignitaries will address the Council on their countries’ efforts to…

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 Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee…