The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session to address the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran on Friday, 23 January 2026.The special session will take place in the Assembly Hall at the Palais des Nations in Geneva starting 2 p.m. (GMT+1).…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of Press and External Relations Section, UN Information Service at Geneva (UNIS), chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the World…

 Le Comité des droits de l’enfant (CRC, selon l’acronyme en anglais) a examiné hier après-midi et ce matin le rapport périodique présenté par le Pakistan au titre de la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant et du Protocole facultatif concernant la vente d’enfants, la…

 Le Comité des droits de l’enfant (CRC, selon l’acronyme en anglais) a examiné hier après-midi et ce matin le rapport périodique présenté par le Ghana au titre de la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant.Au cours du dialogue noué entre les experts membres du Comité et la délégation…

 UN INFORMATION SERVICE GENEVA PRESS BRIEFINGMichele Zaccheo, Chief, UNTV, Radio and Webcast Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of United Nations Children's Fund, the…

Luigi Maria Vignali, the new Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Vignali had been…

 Le Comité des droits de l’enfant (CRC selon l’acronyme en anglais) a examiné hier après-midi et ce matin le rapport périodique présenté par les Maldives au titre de la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant.Au cours du dialogue noué entre les experts membres du Comité et la…

 The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, will hold the first public plenary of its 2026 session on Tuesday, 20 January in the Tempus building of the Palais des Nations.  The meeting will start at 10 a.m. under the Presidency of…

 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its one hundredth session, which is being held in Geneva from 12 to 30 January, during which the Committee will review reports on the efforts of Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Spain and Uganda to adhere to…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund and the…