Creates Two New Mandates on Promotion of a Democratic International Order and on Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of Non-recurrence The Human Rights Council concluded its eighteenth regular session this afternoon after adopting more than 30 resolutions and decisions and two…

Seventeen Countries Will Have Their Human Rights Records Examined Seventeen States will have their human rights records examined during the twelfth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group to be held in Geneva from 3 to 14 October. These countries are (in…

Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri, the new Permanent Representative of Bahrain to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Dr. Bucheeri was a Director (rank…

Elissa Golberg, the new Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Golberg served as the Director General of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Argentina, Chile and Guatemala The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its fifteenth session after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities released its concluding observations and recommendations on the report of Spain today after concluding its one-week sixth session on 23 September 2011. The Committee commended the State party for the written…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for World Health Organization, the Human Rights Council, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Trade Organization, the World Meteorological…