United Nations Compensation Commission Pays Out $600 Million The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $600 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Togo and closed its online one hundred and thirty-second session. Committee Chairperson Photini Pazartzis said the Committee had completed yet another productive online session, which…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…

  Olympia Neocleous, the new Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.   Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Neocleous worked as a Cabinet Expert…

  Le Comité des droits de l'homme a adopté, cet après-midi, son rapport sur le suivi des observations finales adressées aux États parties au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques à l’issue de l’examen de leurs rapports. Ce rapport de suivi concerne les observations…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, and the World Health Organization. Armed group attacks displace civilians in…

  The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Belgium on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. During the dialogue, Committee Experts broached concerns related to…

  Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a clos aujourd'hui les travaux de sa quarante-septième session, qui se tenait depuis le 21 juin et au cours de laquelle il a adopté 25 résolutions et deux décisions, dont douze ont fait l'objet d'un vote. À l’issue de cette session, le Conseil a également…

  Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a clos, ce matin, les travaux de sa quarante-septième session en adoptant deux textes, dont un par vote, et en nommant sept nouveaux titulaires de mandat au titre des procédures spéciales. Il a en outre adopté ad referendum le rapport de sa quarante-septième…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted nine texts in which it, among other actions, established an international independent expert mechanism on promoting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and people of African descent against excessive use of…