Requests Commission of Inquiry to Urgently Conduct a Special Inquiry into the Events in El Houleh and Condemns in the Harshest Terms the Killings The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded a Special Session to examine the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria and the recent…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Friday, 1 June on the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria and the recent killings in El-Houleh. This will be the Council’s nineteenth Special Session and its fourth Special Session on Syria. The request for the Special Session was…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, 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 UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Labour Organization, the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…

Encyla Chishiba Tina Sinjela, the new Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Sinjela had been serving as…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the UN Environment Programme, the UN Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme…

Issues Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Slovakia, Peru, New Zealand, Spain and Ethiopia The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on 18 May concluded its three-week forty-eighth session after adopting its report and its concluding observations and…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization…

Boudjemaa Delmi, the new Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Delmi had been serving as the Secretary…

Jean-Marie Ehouzou, the new Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ehouzou had been…