The Winter Session meeting of the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) on 3 December 2025 elected Inspector Conrod C. Hunte (Antigua and Barbuda) and Inspector Mohanad Al-Musawi (Iraq) as Chair and Vice-Chair respectively for 2026. Chair Hunte brings to the JIU nearly four decades of…

The Endorsing Organizations of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation (DoP) held their Twentieth (20th) Anniversary Implementation Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on December 10 to 12, 2025 to deliberate on and reaffirm their commitment to supporting genuine…

 The United Nations will host the twentieth Annual Implementation Meeting of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation (Declaration) from 10-12 December 2025, in Rooms X and XI at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.The meeting will bring together 54…

 The Twenty-Second Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is being held from 1 to 5 December 2025 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.The Meeting opened at 10 a.m. on Monday, 1 December, under the Presidency of Ambassador Tomiko Ichikawa of Japan. The opening session…

A Special Meeting will be held at the Palais des Nations on Friday, 28 November to mark the annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, will open the meeting with introductory…

Your Highness, Excellencies,Ladies and gentlemen, The First World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen in 1995 was a moment of moral clarity. It reminded us that true development isn’t about prosperity for the few.It’s about opportunities for the many, grounded in social…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its sixtieth regular session from 8 September to 8 October 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 8 September under the presidency of Ambassador Jürg Lauber of Switzerland.  The…

The Human Rights Council today concluded its fifty-ninth regular session after adopting 25 resolutions and one decision. In these texts, among other things, the Council voted to extend six country-specific and thematic mandates.The Council extended one country mandate during the session, that of…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-ninth regular session from 16 June to 9 July 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 16 June under the presidency of Ambassador Jürg Lauber of Switzerland.  The opening will be…

The JIU Chairperson, Carolina Fernandez Opazo and JIU Executive Secretary, Uren Pillay met with the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Wednesday, 26 February 2025. The Secretary-General expressed his appreciation for the work of the JIU and committed the organization to the…