The Human Rights Council will hold its eighteenth regular session from 12 to 30 September at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On the morning of Monday, 12 September, the Council will hear an update by Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to be followed by a general…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the…

GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday expressed deep regret at the insistence of authorities in the United Kingdom to proceed with the eviction of Gypsy and Traveller families at the Dale Farm in Essex before providing culturally appropriate…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Paraguay, the Maldives, Kenya, Georgia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Albania, the United Kingdom and Malta The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its four-week seventy-ninth session and released its concluding…

Raimonds Jansons, the new Permanent Representative of Latvia 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. Jansons served as Ambassador of Latvia…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Trade Organization.…

Abdelrahman Mohamed Abdalla Dhirar, the new Permanent Representative of Sudan 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. Dhirar had served as…

Steffen Kongstad, the new Permanent Representative of Norway 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. Kongstad had been serving since 2008 as…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…

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