Rosalia Concepción Bohorquez Palacios, the new Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment as Permanent…

  À l’ouverture de la réunion-débat que tenait ce matin le Conseil des droits de l’homme sur la manière de « garantir à tous les pays un accès équitable, rapide et universel, à un coût abordable, aux vaccins mis au point pour lutter contre la pandémie de COVID-19 », le Directeur général de l’…

  Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a tenu, cet après-midi, la deuxième partie de sa journée de réunion annuelle consacrée aux droits de l’enfant, en se penchant sur la question du regroupement familial dans le contexte des conflits armés et de la lutte contre le terrorisme. Le Conseil a par…

  Avant de poursuivre son dialogue entamé hier avec la Rapporteuse spéciale dans le domaine des droits culturels, le Conseil des droits de l’homme a tenu, ce matin, la première partie de sa réunion annuelle consacrée aux droits de l’enfant, dont le thème était : « Les droits de l’enfant et le…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon started an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights. Alexandra Xanthaki, Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, speaking about the war in Ukraine, said that the justification of any war must step…

  The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting heard the High Commissioner for Human Rights present her global oral update on the situation of human rights worldwide, as well as her Office’s reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras and Cyprus, and an oral update on Eritrea, followed by a…

  The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held a plenary meeting, which its President, Alicia Victoria Arango Olmos, Permanent Representative of Colombia, opened by paying tribute to all women fighting inequality throughout the world on International Women's Day 2022. The representative…

  Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, the new Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment in Geneva, Archbishop…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of theUnited Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Federation of the Red…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Iraq on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, with Committee Experts commending the State for taking steps to pursue and bring to…