The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-fourth Special Session on the human rights situation in Burundi on Thursday, 17 December. The request for the Special Session, supported by 43 States, was delivered by the United States on Friday, 11 December. In order for a Special Session to be…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section and Officer in Charge, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, International…

Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of the Holy See, Lithuania, Egypt, Slovenia, Mongolia and Turkey The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of the…

Adopts Recommendations on Reports of Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan, Austria, Denmark, China, including Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and Jordan The Committee against Torture today concluded its fifty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations…

The thirty-fourth round of the Geneva International Discussions has just ended. The Co-Chairs welcomed the thorough exchanges of views that took place on the security and humanitarian situation on the ground. The participants welcomed the continued constructive cooperation in…

KINSHASA/GENEVA, 8 December 2015: A United Nations report published Tuesday highlights a worrying clampdown on opposition, media and civil society in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the beginning of the year and stresses the need to guarantee political and civil rights ahead of key…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Health…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Mine Action Service, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children Fund, United…

The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated today at a Special Meeting held at the United Nations Office at Geneva. Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the meeting and read out the message of United Nations Secretary-…