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30 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES NINETY-NINTH SESSION
30 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 July 2010
HONDURAS: RECENT DISMISSAL OF JUDGES SENDS MESSAGE OF INTIMIDATION, WARN UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS (Spanish only)
29 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
29 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOLD FIFTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 2 TO 6 AUGUST 2010
29 July 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 2 TO 27 AUGUST 2010
29 July 2010
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$650 MILLION
28 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND TO VIEWS
27 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 July 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY CO-CHAIRS OF GENEVA DISCUSSIONS
27 July 2010
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA WELCOMES KHMER ROUGE VERDICT
23 July 2010
NEW ZEALAND: MORE TO BE DONE TO IMPROVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S RIGHTS, SAYS UN EXPERT
23 July 2010
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PANEL TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI RAID ON GAZA FLOTILLA ESTABLISHED
23 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 July 2010
UN EXPERT PANEL ON MERCENARIES PUSHES FOR STRONGER REGULATION OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES
22 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS REVISED GUIDELINES FOR STATE REPORTS
21 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
21 July 2010
UN EXPERT SAYS BILINGUAL EDUCATION IS KEY FOR VIET NAM’S MINORITIES
21 July 2010
UN RIGHTS EXPERTS ON TORTURE AND COUNTER-TERRORISM CONCERNED ABOUT FATE OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
20 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
20 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF CAMEROON
20 July 2010
ILLEGAL ACTS BY SECURITY FORCES THREATEN FRAGILE PEACE IN SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN, SAYS UN HUMAN RIGTHS CHIEF
19 July 2010
PARLIAMENTS CAN PLAY LEADING ROLE IN TACKLING TODAY’S CRISES, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WORLD CONFERENCE OF SPEAKERS OF PARLIAMENT
16 July 2010
PROTECT THE DISPLACED AND HELP THEM RETURN TO BUILD PEACE IN CENTRAL AFRICA, UN EXPERT SAYS
16 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF COLOMBIA
16 July 2010
UN EXPERT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN FOLLOW-UP MISSION TO NEW ZEALAND
16 July 2010
UN EXPERT TO STUDY JAPAN’S KEY ROLE AS BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL DONOR TO WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS
16 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 July 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT FINDS “ASTONISHINGLY HIGH RATES OF IMPUNITY FOR KILLINGS IN ECUADOR”
15 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GUIDELINES BY INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ON RESERVATIONS TO TREATIES
15 July 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK
14 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ISRAEL
13 July 2010
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO HOUSING: PROBLEMS FROM THE PAST AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE IN POST CONFLICT CROATIA
13 July 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS FROM BULGARIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AS BULGARIA TAKES OVER PRESIDENCY OF CONFERENCE
13 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ESTONIA
13 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 July 2010
ITALY: DRAFT WIRETAPPING LAW SHOULD BE SCRAPPED OR REVISED, SAYS UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
12 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS NINETY-NINTH SESSION
9 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 July 2010
UN REPRESENTATIVE ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED TO REVISIT CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
8 July 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS ITS NINETY-NINTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 12 to 30 JULY 2010
8 July 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL PROPOSAL FOR A PROGRAMME OF WORK
6 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 July 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM GROUP OF 21 ON PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE AND AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION
2 July 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 July 2010
UN EXPERT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS TO INVESTIGATE CLAIMS OF UNLAWFUL KILLINGS IN ECUADOR
2 July 2010
FORTY-SIXTH SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR TO BE HELD IN GENEVA FROM 5 TO 23 JULY 2010
1 July 2010
UN EXPERT TO FOCUS ON HOUSING RIGHTS IN POST CONFLICT CROATIA DURING VISIT FROM 5 TO 13 JULY
1 July 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES TO VISIT VIET NAM
29 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 June 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS PUBLIC PLENARY
29 June 2010
ISRAEL MUST AVOID FURTHER VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN EAST JERUSALEM, SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT
25 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 June 2010
UN EXPERT PANEL STUDIES 170 DISAPPEARANCE CASES – TEN UNDER ITS URGENT ACTION PROCEDURE
25 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT WARNS ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN RUN-UP TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN BURUNDI
25 June 2010
STATEMENT BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE
24 June 2010
TORTURE STILL WIDESPREAD AND IMPUNITY PREVAILS, WARN FOUR UN EXPERT BODIES
22 June 2010
“AGROECOLOGY OUTPERFORMS LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL FARMING FOR GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY,” SAYS UN EXPERT
22 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 June 2010
PRESIDENT OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT PROVIDES UPDATE ON STATUS OF CONSULTATIONS ON A PROGRAMME OF WORK
18 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FOURTEENTH REGULAR SESSION
18 June 2010
COUNCIL NOMINATES MANDATE-HOLDERS ON EXECUTIONS, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, EDUCATION, TOXIC WASTE, BURUNDI, AND DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
18 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 June 2010
ARMENIA: UN EXPERT URGES GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS ONGOING OBSTACLES FACED BY HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
18 June 2010
OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: SYSTEMATIC AND CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST STOP, SAYS UN COMMITTEE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES
18 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS TWO RESOLUTIONS ON CULTURAL RIGHTS AND ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES
17 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF SPECIAL PROCEDURE ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR THREE YEARS
17 June 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MYANMAR CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI
17 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA SAYS JUDICIARY FACES TREMENDOUS CHALLENGES IN DELIVERING JUSTICE FOR ALL
17 June 2010
UN EXPERT CALLS ON VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES TO WITHDRAW ARREST WARRANT OF TV CHANNEL PRESIDENT AND SECURE THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
16 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN HAITI
16 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM AND WORKING GROUP ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT
15 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED FORMS OF INTOLERANCE
15 June 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENT FROM BRAZIL’S MINISTER OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS
15 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIENNA DECLARATION
15 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 June 2010
ALARMED BY ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN, UN EXPERTS CALL FOR RESTRAINT AND DIALOGUE
14 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON MATERNAL MORTALITY
14 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES SWIFT ACTION TO QUELL VIOLENCE IN KYRGYZSTAN
14 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONSIDERS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
14 June 2010
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AGREE TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION TO EMPOWER WOMEN IN PEACE PROCESSES
14 June 2010
UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE TO MONITOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO GAZA CONFLICT
11 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
11 June 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION
11 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF PRAISES LANDMARK COLOMBIAN COURT DECISION ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
11 June 2010
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON GAZA FLOTILLA INVESTIGATION: “TO BE CREDIBLE, ISRAELI INQUIRY MUST BE GIVEN THE CAPACITY TO FIND FACTS”
11 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 June 2010
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES: UN EXPERT BODY TO VISIT BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
11 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF IRAQ, THE GAMBIA, AND EGYPT
11 June 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
10 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF ANGOLA, IRAN AND MADAGASCAR
10 June 2010
UN EXPERT TO EXAMINE THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN ARMENIA
10 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF FIJI, SAN MARINO AND EL SALVADOR
10 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES RENEWED AGREEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL
9 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF KAZAKHSTAN, SLOVENIA AND BOLIVIA
9 June 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COLOMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS
9 June 2010
UN EXPERTS CALL FOR REINFORCEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO’S INVESTIGATION INTO KILLING OF PROMINENT CONGOLESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
9 June 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE SAYS HE IS DISAPPOINTED THAT VISIT TO CUBA WILL NOT TAKE PLACE
9 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF QATAR, NICARAGUA AND ITALY
8 June 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY CO-CHAIRS OF GENEVA DISCUSSIONS
8 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON ADVERSE EFFECTS OF MOVING TOXIC WASTE ON ENJOYMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
8 June 2010
UN EXPERT SAYS DIALOGUE IS THE KEY TO HARMONIZING ORDINARY AND INDIGENOUS JUSTICE SYSTEMS
8 June 2010
KENYA/POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL TO FIGHT IMPUNITY
8 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
8 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
8 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON RIGHT TO HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTREME POVERTY, AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
7 June 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS WORKING PAPER OUTLINING ORGANIZATION OF INFORMAL MEETINGS
7 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DAY OF DISCUSSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN, WITH A FOCUS ON EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EDUCATION
7 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION INTO UGANDAN MILITARY OPERATIONS WHICH LED TO “HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE”
6 June 2010
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA GOES GREEN TO MARK WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
4 June 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF TUNISIA (French only)
4 June 2010
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA TO UNDERTAKE VISIT WITH FOCUS ON FUNCTIONING OF THE JUDICIARY IN THE COUNTRY
4 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DEBATE WITH MANDATE HOLDERS ON RIGHT TO HEALTH, EXTREME POVERTY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
4 June 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD REVIEWS REPORTS OF COLOMBIA UNDER OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS
4 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 June 2010
UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT WARNS: “EXTREME POVERTY AROUND THE CORNER FOR OLDER PERSONS EVERYWHERE”
4 June 2010
UN EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY: “ZAMBIA'S POOR DESERVE A LARGER SHARE OF THE NATIONAL BUDGET”
4 June 2010
UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO VISIT MALAYSIA
4 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE PROTECTION OF JOURNALISTS IN ARMED CONFLICT
4 June 2010
UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES TO VISIT EGYPT, JORDAN AND SYRIA
3 June 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND UNITED STATES ON NEWLY SIGNED STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TREATY
3 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
3 June 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD REVIEWS REPORTS OF ARGENTINA UNDER CONVENTION AND OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS
3 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR RIGOROUS INVESTIGATION INTO KILLING OF TOP CONGOLESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
3 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON JOINT STUDY ON GLOBAL PRACTICES OF SECRET DETENTION
2 June 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORTS OF BELGIUM (French only)
2 June 2010
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: UN EXPERT EXPRESSES GRAVE CONCERN FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY
2 June 2010
FIGHTING TRAFFICKING, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN THE WORLD
2 June 2010
UN EXPERT CRITICIZES “ILLEGAL” TARGETED KILLING POLICIES AND CALLS ON THE UNITED STATES TO HALT CIA DRONE KILLINGS
2 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON GIVING VOICE TO VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
2 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DECIDES TO DISPATCH INDEPENDENT FACT FINDING MISSION TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI ATTACK ON HUMANITARIAN BOAT CONVOY
2 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES URGENT DEBATE ON ISRAELI RAID ON HUMANITARIAN AID FLOTILLA BOUND FOR GAZA
1 June 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FINDS THAT KILLINGS BY BRAZILIAN POLICE CONTINUE AT ALARMING RATES, GOVERNMENT HAS FAILED TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION
1 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS URGENT DEBATE ON RAID BY ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES ON THE FLOTILLA CARRYING HUMANITARIAN AID FOR GAZA
1 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, FOREIGN DEBT AND EDUCATION
1 June 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 June 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERT IN FIELD OF CULTURAL RIGHTS AND SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS
1 June 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO ADDRESS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONFERENCE AND VISIT UGANDA AND KENYA FROM 2 TO 8 JUNE
31 May 2010
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS
31 May 2010
COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS BY THE INDEPENDENT EXPERT FOR CULTURAL RIGHTS AND THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS
31 May 2010
UN EXPERT ON GAZA AID CONVOY KILLINGS: “THOSE RESPONSIBLE MUST BE HELD CRIMINALLY ACCOUNTABLE”
31 May 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONDEMNS VIOLENT INTERCEPTION OF GAZA AID FLOTILLA
31 May 2010
REMARKS BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT CEREMONY AT UN MEMORIAL TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS
31 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF GRENADA
31 May 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS FOURTEENTH REGULAR SESSION
31 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD POSTPONES CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF GUATEMALA (in French)
31 May 2010
STATEMENT OF UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT OPENING OF FOURTEENTH REGULAR SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
31 May 2010
“CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY IN BRAZIL ARE CRIMES THAT MUST BE PUNISHED,” SAYS UN EXPERT ON SLAVERY
31 May 2010
UN EXPERTS STRONGLY CONDEMN ATTACKS AGAINST AHMADIS IN PAKISTAN
28 May 2010
FOURTH EDITION OF GENEVA LECTURE SERIES HELD ON “NATURE’S WAKE-UP CALL: WHY WE MUST HEED THE WARNING”
28 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA (in French)
28 May 2010
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS COMMITTEE REVIEWS REPORTS OF JAPAN UNDER THE CONVENTION AND PROTOCOLS ON INVOLVEMENT IN ARMED CONFLICT AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
28 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 May 2010
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS TO BE COMMEMORATED AT PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 31 MAY 2010
28 May 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS FOURTEENTH SESSION FROM 31 MAY TO 18 JUNE 2010
27 May 2010
UN EXPERT FINDS PROGRESS, BUT ALSO A PATTERN OF UNLAWFUL KILLINGS AND ONGOING “SERIOUS PROBLEMS” WITH COLOMBIA’S SECURITY POLICIES
26 May 2010
BRAZIL: REGRESSION IN QUILOMBO COMMUNITIES’ RIGHTS COULD BREACH INTERNATIONAL LAWS, SAYS UN EXPERT
26 May 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE CONCLUDES VISIT TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA
26 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORTS OF SERBIA ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS TO CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF CHILD (in French)
26 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF NIGERIA
26 May 2010
UN EXPERT SAYS PEACE IS NECESSARY TO RESTORE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN AZERBAIJAN
26 May 2010
UN EXPERT BODY NOTES WITH CONCERN SUSPENSION OF JUDGE GARZÓN FOR INVESTIGATING ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
25 May 2010
STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO SECOND AFRICAN FORUM FOR DIALOGUE
25 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION
25 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 May 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS SENTENCE ON MALAWI GAY COUPLE IS DISCRIMINATORY AND SETS DANGEROUS PRECEDENT
21 May 2010
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, WATER AND SANITATION TO VISIT SLOVENIA FROM 24 TO 28 MAY
21 May 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAN MARINO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 May 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHILE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 May 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO LAUNCH MISSION IN THE CONTEXT OF GENERAL ELECTIONS IN BURUNDI
21 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-FOURTH SESSION
20 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD HOLDS FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 25 MAY TO 11 JUNE 2010
20 May 2010
“HUMAN RIGHTS AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY GO HAND IN HAND”, SAY UN EXPERTS
19 May 2010
REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS RETURNS TO AZERBAIJAN
18 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 May 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES THAI PROTESTORS, SECURITY FORCES TO PULL BACK FROM THE BRINK
17 May 2010
UN EXPERT: SPACE FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DIMINISHING IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
17 May 2010
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO OPENING SESSION OF SIXTY-THIRD WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
14 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF AFGHANISTAN
14 May 2010
“RIGHT TO FOOD GAINS GROUND, BUT THERE’S STILL MUCH TO BE DONE”, SAYS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
14 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-FOURTH SESSION
14 May 2010
“TIME TO GO UP A GEAR,” SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF AT END OF JAPAN VISIT
12 May 2010
UN EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY IN FIRST FACT-FINDING VISIT TO BRAZIL
12 May 2010
UN LAUNCHES APPEAL TO ADDRESS THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF THE MONGOLIAN DZUD
12 May 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONTINUE TO PAY WITH THEIR LIVES IN MEXICO, UN EXPERTS WARN
12 May 2010
TORTURE: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT IN FACT-FINDING MISSION TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA
11 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE TO DISCUSS SYNERGIES IN THEIR WORK
11 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF KAZAKHSTAN
11 May 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF HONDURAS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
11 May 2010
UN EXPERTS WARN AGAINST “A DISTURBING LEGAL PATTERN HOSTILE TO ETHNIC MINORITIES AND IMMIGRANTS” IN ARIZONA
10 May 2010
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO HEALTH TO VISIT GUATEMALA
10 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF MAURITIUS
10 May 2010
VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS CALL UPON HONDURAS TO PROTECT MEDIA STAFF
7 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP TO COMMUNICATIONS AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
7 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF CAMEROON
7 May 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT JAPAN FROM 12 TO 15 MAY
7 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ALGERIA
6 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS REPLIES OF YEMEN TO THE COMMITTEE'S PROVISIONAL CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON ITS SECOND PERIODIC REPORT
6 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF AUSTRIA
5 May 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MYANMAR: “IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP ITS PROMISES”
5 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF LIECHTENSTEIN
5 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF COLOMBIA
5 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF AUSTRIA
4 May 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF SYRIA
4 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF LIECHTENSTEIN
3 May 2010
IVAN ŠIMONOVIC APPOINTED ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE IN NEW YORK
3 May 2010
STATEMENT BY THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, FRANK LA RUE, ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, 3 MAY 2010
3 May 2010
UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TO VISIT THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER HIS PREDECESSOR
3 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF SYRIA
3 May 2010
NGOS ADRESS COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ON SITUATION IN COLOMBIA, ALGERIA, MAURITIUS, KAZAKHSTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
3 May 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF SWITZERLAND
3 May 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-FOURTH SESSION
30 April 2010
BIGGER AND BETTER COOPERATION TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS VICTIMS - UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
30 April 2010
STATES PARTIES TO TWO CCW PROTOCOLS BENEFIT FROM NEWLY STRUCTURED EXPERTS MEETINGS – PROMOTING SYNERGY BETWEEN AMENDED PROTOCOL II AND PROTOCOL V
30 April 2010
GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
30 April 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF SWITZERLAND
30 April 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 April 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS DISCUSSES ACTIVITIES MARKING TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS
30 April 2010
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES TWELFTH SESSION
30 April 2010
UN EXPERT BODY ON MERCENARIES: “IT’S HIGH TIME TO CLOSE THE LEGAL GAP FOR PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY CONTRACTORS”
30 April 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF JORDAN
29 April 2010
STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO SEMINAR ON “LOCAL INITIATIVES AS A FOLLOW-UP OF COPENHAGEN”
29 April 2010
STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG ON INSCRIPTION OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS ARCHIVES IN THE UNESCO MEMORY OF THE WORLD REGISTER
29 April 2010
GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES ITS SIXTY-NINTH SESSION AND PAYS OUT US$590 MILLION
29 April 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF JORDAN
29 April 2010
EIGHTH SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO BE HELD FROM 3 TO 14 MAY 2010
29 April 2010
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS FORTY-FOURTH SESSION FROM 3 TO 21 MAY 2010 IN GENEVA
28 April 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF FRANCE
28 April 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF CAMEROON
27 April 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS MEETING WITH STATES PARTIES
27 April 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF FRANCE
27 April 2010
UNOG LIBRARY TO HOLD “OPEN HOUSE” TO HIGHLIGHT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT JOURNALISTS
27 April 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 April 2010
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF ALGERIA
26 April 2010
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS OPENS TWELFTH SESSION
26 April 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS FORTY-FOURTH SESSION IN GENEVA
26 April 2010
OPENING STATEMENT BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN ABU DHABI
26 April 2010
SIXTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 27 TO 29 APRIL
23 April 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF: PRESS CONFERENCE IN ABU DHABI ON SATURDAY 24 APRIL
23 April 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 April 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HOLDS TWELFTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 26 TO 30 APRIL
22 April 2010
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS FORTY-FOURTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 26 APRIL TO 14 MAY 2010
21 April 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAQ PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
20 April 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 April 2010
“VULTURE FUNDS” – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON FOREIGN DEBT WELCOMES LANDMARK LAW TO ADDRESS PROFITEERING
20 April 2010
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT’S VISIT TO VIET NAM POSTPONED DUE TO AIR TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS IN EUROPE
19 April 2010
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT’S VISIT TO SLOVENIA POSTPONED DUE TO AIR TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS IN EUROPE
19 April 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF NOTES CHANGES UNDER WAY IN GULF REGION, HIGHLIGHTS KEY CONCERNS
19 April 2010
ISRAELI MILITARY ORDERS “IN BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW,” WARNS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
19 April 2010
FIRST MISSION TO SINGAPORE BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RACISM / XENOPHOBIA
18 April 2010
POSTER COMPETITION ON ELIMINATION OF POVERTY
16 April 2010
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SUPPORTS RESTART OF NEGOTIATIONS ON NORDIC SAMI CONVENTION
16 April 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 April 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
16 April 2010
EXTREME POVERTY: FIRST UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT TO VISIT VIET NAM IN 12 YEARS
16 April 2010
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES HALT TO GAZA EXECUTIONS
15 April 2010
FIRST VISIT TO SLOVENIA BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, WATER AND SANITATION
14 April 2010
CHILE EARTHQUAKE: “RECONSTRUCTION MUST ALSO BECOME A REALITY FOR THE DISABLED,” SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS COMMITTEE
14 April 2010
HAITI: FIRST VISIT AFTER EARTHQUAKE BY UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN HAITI
14 April 2010
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT SIX GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL STATES FROM 17 TO 26 APRIL
13 April 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 April 2010
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN YEMEN THREATENED BY LACK OF HUMANITARIAN FUNDING (Revised version)
12 April 2010
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: UN EXPERT TO ASSESS SITUATION OF SAMI PEOPLE OF THE NORDIC COUNTRIES
9 April 2010
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAUNCHES FIRST FACT-FINDING MISSION TO EGYPT
9 April 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 April 2010
STRUCTURAL DISCRIMINATION: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT BODY TO DISCUSS “THE NEW FACE OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION”
9 April 2010
MERCENARIES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS FINAL GO AT NEW INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION DRAFT
7 April 2010
US$133 MILLION NEEDED TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN NIGER
6 April 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 April 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AZERBAIJAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
6 April 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
1 April 2010
JAPAN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES BETTER PROTECTION FOR MIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
1 April 2010
CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REFLECTION ON 1994 GENOCIDE IN RWANDA TO BE HELD ON 7 APRIL AT PALAIS DES NATIONS
30 March 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY CO-CHAIRS OF GENEVA DISCUSSIONS
30 March 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 March 2010
HAITI CONFERENCE: RECONSTRUCTION WILL FAIL IF RIGHTS ARE IGNORED, WARNS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
30 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASED POVERTY IN AFGHANISTAN – UNITED NATIONS REPORT
26 March 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES THIRTEENTH SESSION
26 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER-TERRORISM, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND WORLD OF SPORTS FREE FROM RACISM
26 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MYANMAR; ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON GUINEA AND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
25 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON SOCIAL FORUM AND AD HOC COMMITTEE ON ELABORATION OF COMPLEMENTARY STANDARDS
25 March 2010
COUNCIL ESTABLISHES COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS IN CONTEXT OF FOLLOW-UP OF GOLDSTONE REPORT, RENEWS MANDATE ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
24 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RENEWS MANDATES ON RIGHT TO FOOD AND ON ELABORATION OF OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO CHILDREN’S RIGHTS CONVENTION
24 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOMALIA AND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO UNDER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CAPACITY-BUILDING ITEM
23 March 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED FORMS OF INTOLERANCE
23 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON FOLLOW-UP AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
23 March 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS BY THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
22 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
22 March 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
22 March 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT CHIEFS TO ADDRESS 60 NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS ON 23 MARCH
22 March 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
22 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO ITS NINTH AND TWELFTH SPECIAL SESSIONS ON THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
19 March 2010
DISAPPEARANCES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT PANEL STUDIED OVER 200 CASES - 17 UNDER ITS URGENT ACTION PROCEDURE
19 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON ETHIOPIA; HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
19 March 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, COSTA RICA AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA
19 March 2010
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON MIGRANTS ON FIRST MISSION TO JAPAN
19 March 2010
WATER QUALITY, A MATTER OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS, SAY UN EXPERTS
19 March 2010
RACISM IS ALIVE AND STILL PLAGUES EVERY SOCIETY, SAY UN EXPERTS
19 March 2010
WORLD CUP CAN BOOST FIGHT AGAINST RACISM, SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
18 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON BHUTAN, DOMINICA AND DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
18 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, COTE D'IVOIRE AND PORTUGAL
17 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON CAMBODIA, NORWAY AND ALBANIA
17 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OUTCOMES ON ERITREA, CYPRUS AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
16 March 2010
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MUST BE MET, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AHEAD OF SEPTEMBER SUMMIT
16 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATIONS OF REPORTS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE, FORUM ON MINORITY ISSUES AND SOCIAL FORUM
16 March 2010
UN EXPERT ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN UNDERTAKES FOLLOW-UP VISIT TO EL SALVADOR
16 March 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 March 2010
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITIES PRESENTS REPORTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
16 March 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENT FROM INCOMING PRESIDENT
15 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
15 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONSIDERS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND MYANMAR
15 March 2010
UN EXPERT PANEL STUDIES OVER 200 CASES OF DISAPPEARANCES
15 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
12 March 2010
JOS: “ETHNIC HATRED MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO FOMENT IN NIGERIA” – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT BODY ON RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
12 March 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SEVENTY-SIXTH SESSION
12 March 2010
COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON PROTECTING ALL HUMAN RIGHTS: CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
12 March 2010
COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON PROTECTING ALL HUMAN RIGHTS: CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
12 March 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 March 2010
STATEMENT OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON HER MISSION TO ITALY, 10 TO 11 MARCH 2010
11 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
11 March 2010
COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
11 March 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES PROPOSAL FOR A PROGRAMME OF WORK
10 March 2010
HAITI / EARTHQUAKE: RIGHTS OF THE DISPLACED MUST BE PART OF RECOVERY SAYS UN EXPERT PANEL
10 March 2010
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG ADDRESSES EVENT CELEBRATING 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF TREATY ON NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
10 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING ON RIGHTS OF CHILD WITH DISCUSSION ON PROTECTING BOYS AND GIRLS FROM SEXUAL VIOLENCE
10 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS ANNUAL MEETING ON RIGHTS OF CHILD WITH DISCUSSION ON MANIFESTATIONS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST BOYS AND GIRLS
9 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON RIGHT TO TRUTH
9 March 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON ARBITRARY DETENTION, ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
9 March 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENT BY WOMEN’S NGO ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
9 March 2010
AUSTRALIA/INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION TO OVERCOME SEVERE DISADVANTAGES
9 March 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS NEW APPROACH NEEDED TO HALT CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA
8 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATIONS ON ARBITRARY DETENTION, ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
8 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON COUNTERING TERRORISM AND ON TORTURE
8 March 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COSTA RICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
5 March 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ARTICULATE A VISION FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS: POST BEIJING + 15
5 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL INTERACTIVE DEBATE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
5 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES REPORTS FROM EXPERTS ON RIGHTS TO FOOD AND ADEQUATE HOUSING
5 March 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 March 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS BY SECRETARY OF STATE AND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF KAZAKHSTAN
5 March 2010
DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER PRESENTS REPORTS OF OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND UN SECRETARY-GENERAL
5 March 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT ITALY
5 March 2010
HAITI: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT BODY ESTABLISHES GROUP TO ADVISE ON THE SITUATION OF THE DISABLED
5 March 2010
“THE IMBALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN SMALLHOLDERS AND AGRIBUSINESS MUST BE CORRECTED”, WARNS UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
4 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES DIALOGUE WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
4 March 2010
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ADEQUATE HOUSING ASSESSES IMPACT OF “MEGA EVENTS” ON RIGHT TO HOUSING
4 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DEBATE WITH THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
4 March 2010
HIGH COMMISSIONER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND “HONOUR KILLING” ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
4 March 2010
PARLIAMENTARY VICE-MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
3 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
3 March 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
3 March 2010
ROMANIA’S STATE SECRETARY FOR STRATEGIC AFFAIRS ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
3 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS FROM 13 DIGNITARIES UNDER HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
3 March 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS BY 14 DIGNITARIES UNDER HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
2 March 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM IRISH MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
2 March 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF PANAMA
2 March 2010
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY-GENERAL SIGN JOINT DECLARATION ON COOPERATION
2 March 2010
COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON DRAFT DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2 March 2010
DEPUTY MINISTER OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
2 March 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 March 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF DEPLORES KILLING OF SOME 60 MIGRANTS BY EGYPTIAN FORCES IN SINAI SINCE MIDDLE OF 2007
1 March 2010
UGANDA: LAST CHANCE TO SHELVE ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL SHOULD NOT BE MISSED, WARN UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS
1 March 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF KAZAKHSTAN
1 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS THE HIGH-LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSION ON IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISES ON REALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
1 March 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS THIRTEENTH SESSION
26 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CLOSES THIRD SESSION
26 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ICELAND
26 February 2010
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES “TURN HUMANS INTO NON HUMANS,” SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT BODY ON KEY ANNIVERSARY
26 February 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 February 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PANAMA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
26 February 2010
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA PRESENTS 2009 ANNUAL REPORT OF UNOG
25 February 2010
UNITED NATIONS AND AFRICA TO DISCUSS MERCENARIES AND PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES
25 February 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ITS MAIN ANNUAL SESSION FROM 1 TO 26 MARCH 2010
25 February 2010
“DIVERSITY, PARTICIPATION AND REDRESS FOR HISTORICAL WRONGS”, KEY ISSUES FOR BOTSWANA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE – UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
25 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF JAPAN
25 February 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM BRAZIL AND NIGERIA
24 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE NETHERLANDS
24 February 2010
OPENING REMARKS BY UNOG DIRECTOR-GENERAL TO FOURTH WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
23 February 2010
ALBANIA CAN DO MORE TO ELIMINATE BLOOD FEUDS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
23 February 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF CAMEROON
22 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF GUATEMALA
22 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OPENS THIRD SESSION
22 February 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ANDORRA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
19 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF CAMBODIA
19 February 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 February 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS IMPUNITY MAJOR CHALLENGE IN RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
18 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ARGENTINA
18 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HOLDS THIRD SESSION FROM 22 TO 26 FEBRUARY 2010
18 February 2010
PAKISTAN EXPLAINS TO CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT RATIONALE BEHIND ITS POSITION ON A FISSILE MATERIAL CUT-OFF TREATY
18 February 2010
UN EXPERT ON MIGRANTS RAISES ALARM ON THREAT OF MASSIVE DEPORTATIONS FROM THAILAND
17 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF SLOVAKIA
16 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONACO
16 February 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 February 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS BY FIRST DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER OF BELARUS
15 February 2010
MINORITY ISSUES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CALLS ON COLOMBIAN AUTHORITIES TO FOCUS ON AFRO-COLOMBIANS’ PLIGHT
15 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS SEVENTY-SIXTH SESSION
15 February 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRALIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
12 February 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 February 2010
OFFICE OF HIGH-COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES URGE EXTENDING SUSPENSION OF RETURNS TO HAITI
12 February 2010
FIRST VISIT TO ALBANIA BY UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS
11 February 2010
UN EXPERT ON SUDAN: POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS BUT LACK OF PROGRESS IN KEY HUMAN RIGHTS AREAS
11 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HOLDS SEVENTY-SIXTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 15 FEBRUARY TO 12 MARCH 2010
11 February 2010
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR HOPES TO MEET WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI DURING THIRD VISIT TO MYANMAR
11 February 2010
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT EXPRESSES “GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT” AT LACK OF PROGRESS
10 February 2010
JAMAICA: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE TO LAUNCH FACT-FINDING MISSION
9 February 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS BY DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ITALY
9 February 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 February 2010
HAITI: “THE DISABLED RISK BECOMING THE FORGOTTEN ONES”, WARNS UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS COMMITTEE
8 February 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SOUTH AFRICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
5 February 2010
AFGHANISTAN: ANY AGREEMENT WITH TALIBAN MUST INCLUDE WOMEN’S RIGHTS SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS’ BODY
5 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FORTY-FIFTH SESSION
5 February 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 February 2010
FIRST VISIT TO MEXICO BY UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RIGHT TO EDUCATION
4 February 2010
UN EXPERT CALLS FOR URGENT CANCELLATION OF HAITI’S REMAINING MULTILATERAL DEBT
4 February 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS BRIEF PUBLIC PLENARY, FOLLOWED BY INFORMAL MEETING TO DISCUSS PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR 2010 SESSION
4 February 2010
SEVENTH SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO BE HELD FROM 8 TO 19 FEBRUARY 2010
4 February 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BARBADOS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
3 February 2010
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG MEETS WITH FRA’ MATTHEW FESTING, PRINCE AND GRAND MASTER OF THE SOVEREIGN MILITARY ORDER OF MALTA
2 February 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ON HAITI
2 February 2010
UN EXPERT ON SLAVERY SAYS CHILD LABOUR IN ECUADOR IS AN OBSTACLE TO DEVELOPMENT
2 February 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 February 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM SEVEN STATES AND THE GROUP OF 21
2 February 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS WARN THAT SEPARATED HAITIAN CHILDREN RISK BEING SOLD, TRAFFICKED OR KEPT IN SLAVE-LIKE CONDITIONS
1 February 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF PANAMA
1 February 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PHILIPPINES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
1 February 2010
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRELAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
1 February 2010
HAITI: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS’ BODY CALLS FOR ACTIVE ROLE OF WOMEN AS KEY RESOURCE IN COUNTRY’S RECOVERY
29 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-THIRD SESSION
29 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF BOTSWANA
29 January 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 January 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FOURTH SESSION
29 January 2010
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND CONCLUDES SESSION
29 January 2010
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES TO FOCUS ON AFRO-COLOMBIANS IN FIRST MISSION TO COLOMBIA
28 January 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY CO-CHAIRS OF GENEVA DISCUSSIONS
28 January 2010
“EXTREMELY SERIOUS” - STRONG WARNING ON SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SOMALIA
28 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF EGYPT
28 January 2010
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES OTHER COUNCIL REQUESTS, INCLUDING INTEGRATION OF GENDER PERSPECTIVE AND PERSPECTIVE OF DISABLED PERSONS
28 January 2010
SPECIAL SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON HAITI CALLS FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR HAITI AND IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATING A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH
28 January 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION ON HAITI
28 January 2010
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$674.2 MILLION
27 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF NETHERLANDS, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND NETHERLANDS ARUBA
27 January 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES SPECIAL SESSION ON HAITI
27 January 2010
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DISCRIMINATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD
27 January 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SPECIAL SESSION ON SUPPORT TO RECOVERY PROCESS IN HAITI: A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH
27 January 2010
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WORKING PAPER ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF ELDERLY
27 January 2010
UN EXPERTS ISSUE EXTENSIVE GLOBAL STUDY ON SECRET DETENTION LINKED TO COUNTER-TERRORISM
26 January 2010
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER OF VIET NAM
26 January 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESSES BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF BANGLADESH AND UNITED NATIONS HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISARMAMENT
26 January 2010
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES MISSING PERSONS
26 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
26 January 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 January 2010
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS AFFECTED BY LEPROSY
25 January 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION ON SUPPORT TO RECOVERY PROCESS IN HAITI: A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH
25 January 2010
ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON DRAFT DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
25 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS INFORMAL MEETING WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
25 January 2010
ADVISORY COMMITTEE OPENS FOURTH SESSION
25 January 2010
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR HOLOCAUST VICTIMS
22 January 2010
HAITI: OFFICES OF HIGH COMMISSIONERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOR REFUGEES SEND JOINT PROTECTION TEAM
22 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF MALAWI
22 January 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF LIECHTENSTEIN ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
22 January 2010
ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL THREATENS FIGHT AGAINST HIV IN UGANDA, WARNS UN EXPERT ON HEALTH
22 January 2010
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF VICTIMS OF HOLOCAUST ON 27 JANUARY
21 January 2010
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT ON SLAVERY TO VISIT ECUADOR
21 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF EL SALVADOR (French only)
21 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF NORWAY
21 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF UKRAINE
21 January 2010
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS FOURTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 25 TO 29 JANUARY 2010
21 January 2010
COUNTER-TERRORISM: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO VISIT TUNISIA
20 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF UZBEKISTAN
20 January 2010
UN EXPERT ON ADEQUATE HOUSING WARNS ABOUT DIRE SITUATION OF NEW DELHI’S HOMELESS PERSONS
19 January 2010
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO OPENING PLENARY OF 2010 SESSION OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
19 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NGOS TO DISCUSS STRENGTHENING ENGAGEMENT
19 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF ISRAEL UNDER OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
19 January 2010
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO PUT ASIDE DIFFERENCES AND TO AGREE ON A WORK PROGRAMME
19 January 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS 2010 SESSION
19 January 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 January 2010
UN EXPERT ON COUNTER-TERRORISM: INTRUSIVE MEASURES IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM SHOULD BE OPPOSED
19 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF ECUADOR UNDER THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND ITS TWO OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS (French only)
19 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF TAJIKISTAN
18 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS INFORMAL MEETING WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
18 January 2010
SPECIAL PROTECTION MEASURES NEEDED FOR HAITI’S CHILDREN – COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
18 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FORTY-FIFTH SESSION
15 January 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 January 2010
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES MONGOLIA'S DECISION TO SUSPEND DEATH PENALTY
15 January 2010
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES UGANDA TO SHELVE “DRACONIAN” LAW ON HOMOSEXUALITY
14 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF CAMEROON
14 January 2010
HIGHLIGHTS OF UN PRESS BRIEFING ON UPDATE ON UN ACTIVITIES IN HAITI
14 January 2010
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT 2010 SESSION
14 January 2010
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE MONITORING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS FORTY-FIFTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 18 JANUARY TO 5 FEBRUARY 2010
13 January 2010
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERTS URGE INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR HAITI FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE
13 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF BURKINA FASO (French only)
13 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF ESTONIA ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
13 January 2010
CHILDREN’S COMMITTEE REVIEWS REPORTS OF MONGOLIA UNDER CONVENTION AND PROTOCOLS ON CHILD INVOLVEMENT IN ARMED CONFLICT AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
12 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS REPORT OF PARAGUAY (French only)
12 January 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 January 2010
UN EXPERTS URGE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES TO CURB XENOPHOBIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS MIGRANT WORKERS
11 January 2010
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS FIFTY-THIRD SESSION
8 January 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 January 2010
TOXIC WASTE/E-WASTE: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO VISIT INDIA
7 January 2010
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CONCLUDES THAT SRI LANKAN VIDEO IS AUTHENTIC, CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATION
7 January 2010
MERCENARIES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS SAY THAT THE NISSOUR SQUARE KILLINGS IN IRAQ SHOULD NOT REMAIN UNPUNISHED
7 January 2010
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS FIFTY-THIRD SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 11 TO 29 JANUARY 2010
5 January 2010
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
31 December 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS URGE THAILAND TO STOP IMMEDIATELY THE EXPULSIONS OF HMONG
30 December 2009
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SHOCKED BY VIOLENCE IN IRAN, URGES GOVERNMENT TO REIN IN SECURITY FORCES
28 December 2009
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF DEEPLY CONCERNED BY "EXTREMELY HARSH" SENTENCING OF LIU XIAOBO
24 December 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES CHINA TO CANCEL SCHEDULED EXECUTION
23 December 2009
UN EXPERT URGES PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO END BLOCKADE OF GAZA, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
22 December 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 December 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON TORTURE SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT FORCIBLE RETURN OF ETHNIC UYGHURS FROM CAMBODIA TO CHINA
22 December 2009
UNITED NATIONS MINORITIES EXPERT CALLS ON CHINA TO GRANT HER ACCESS TO ASSESS ETHNIC TENSIONS AND VIOLENCE IN XINJIANG UIGHUR REGION
21 December 2009
1,200 KILLED AND 1,400 ABDUCTED IN 10-MONTH LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY RAMPAGE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: UN REPORT
21 December 2009
LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY ATTACKS IN SUDAN “MAY AMOUNT TO CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY” – UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE
18 December 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 December 2009
MIGRANTS ARE INCREASINGLY EXPOSED TO COMMODITISATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, UN SPECIAL PROCEDURES SAY
17 December 2009
UN EXPERT ON FOREIGN DEBT REGRETS BRITISH COURT ORDER THAT LIBERIA MUST PAY 1978 DEBT TO ‘VULTURE FUNDS’
17 December 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF: “STOP TREATING MIGRANTS AS SECOND-CLASS HUMAN BEINGS”
17 December 2009
COLOMBIA: UN EXPERT ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS EXPRESSES NEED FOR JUDICIAL STRENGTHENING
16 December 2009
UN EXPERT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS CALLS ON UN TO END SUPPORT TO CONGOLESE MILITARY OPERATIONS COMMANDED BY KNOWN WAR CRIMINALS
16 December 2009
UN EXPERTS: PRESIDENT CHÁVEZ DEALS NEW BLOW TO INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS IN VENEZUELA
16 December 2009
CLIMATE CHANGE, A TICKING TIME BOMB FOR GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
15 December 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 December 2009
UNOG DIRECTOR-GENERAL, DIRECTOR OF GENEVA CENTRE FOR DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES, CO-CHAIR SEMINAR ON SECURITY SECTOR REFORM IN AFRICA
14 December 2009
UN REPORT HIGHLIGHTS IMPROVEMENT BESIDE RENEWED CONCERNS ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAQ
14 December 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM TOWARDS ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
14 December 2009
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETING OF STATES PARTIES CONCLUDES IN GENEVA
11 December 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 December 2009
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO CLOSING SESSION OF "THE COURAGE TO LEAD: A HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT FOR WOMEN LEADERS"
10 December 2009
" WE CANNOT SAY THAT TORTURE HAS DECREASED," REVEALS UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE ON KEY ANNIVERSARY
9 December 2009
“EFFORTS TO END DISCRIMINATION ARE FALLING SHORT,” STATE UN EXPERTS
9 December 2009
STATEMENT BY THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY ON THE OCCASION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
8 December 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 December 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2009
4 December 2009
JOINT INSPECTION UNIT: 2009 WINTER SESSION
4 December 2009
UN EXPERTS WARN THAT AN AMBITIOUS CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT MUST PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL
4 December 2009
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEMBERS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 7 TO 11 DECEMBER
4 December 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 December 2009
FOCUS ON LANDMINE VICTIMS, SAYS UN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
3 December 2009
UN SOMALIA EXPERT CONDEMNS MOGADISHU KILLINGS, CALLS FOR GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO PREVENT FURTHER ATROCITIES
3 December 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS TO VISIT COLOMBIA
3 December 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF REPUBLIC OF SERBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
3 December 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALDIVES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 December 2009
STATEMENT BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
2 December 2009
STATEMENT OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UN VOLUNTARY TRUST FUND ON SLAVERY ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
2 December 2009
WTO: TRADE NEGOTIATIONS NEED TO REFLECT THE NEW GLOBAL CONSENSUS ON HUNGER, WARNS UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO FOOD
2 December 2009
UN EXPERTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, WATER AND SANITATION AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTREME POVERTY TO VISIT BANGLADESH
2 December 2009
UN EXPERTS: MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE MUST BE THE START OF A MAJOR REFORM PROCESS IN THE PHILIPPINES
2 December 2009
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES STILL FACE COLOSSAL OBSTACLES
1 December 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1 December 2009
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT WELCOMES DECRIMINALIZATION OF DEFAMATION IN THE MALDIVES
1 December 2009
SWISS LAW BANNING MINARETS “CLEARLY DISCRIMINATORY” – UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
1 December 2009
“SLAVERY EXISTS IN HOUSEHOLDS AROUND THE WORLD”, SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY
1 December 2009
MS. CORINNE MOMAL-VANIAN APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE IN GENEVA
30 November 2009
TEST OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LIES WITH TOLERANCE EXTENDED TO RELIGIOUS MINORITIES, UN EXPERT SAYS
30 November 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AT THE GLOBAL LAUNCH OF 2010 HUMANITARIAN APPEAL
30 November 2009
SWITZERLAND: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REGRETS OUTCOME OF VOTE TO BAN CONSTRUCTION OF MINARETS
30 November 2009
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA HOLDS SPECIAL MEETING TO COMMEMORATE THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
30 November 2009
MERCENARIES: UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS FOCUS ON NEW INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
30 November 2009
UN EXPERT CONDEMNS SERIES OF STONINGS IN SOMALIA, URGES RELIGIOUS GROUPS TO REFLECT ON THEIR ACTIONS
26 November 2009
UN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT COLOMBIA
24 November 2009
UN EXPERT CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED COOPERATION TO INTENSIFY EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
24 November 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 November 2009
UNOG TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE ON 30 NOVEMBER
23 November 2009
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO HEALTH STARTS VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
23 November 2009
UN EXPERT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM GOES ON FIRST VISIT TO LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
20 November 2009
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI TO VISIT THE COUNTRY FROM 24 NOVEMBER TO 1 DECEMBER (French only)
20 November 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-THIRD SESSION
20 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-THIRD SESSION
20 November 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 November 2009
STATES FORGE FURTHER EFFORTS AT STRENGTHENING IMPLEMENTATION OF PROTOCOL ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR
19 November 2009
STATES PARTIES TO CCW AMENDED PROTOCOL II ON MINES AND EXPLOSIVE DEVICES PROHIBITION DECIDE TO CONTINUE WORK ON IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
19 November 2009
PARTIES TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION DECIDE TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
18 November 2009
SANITATION IS A RIGHT FOR ALL, INCLUDING FOR THOSE IN DETENTION, SAY THREE UN EXPERTS ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD TOILET DAY
17 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE TO DISCUSS SYNERGIES IN THEIR WORK
17 November 2009
UN EXPERT ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ENDS VISIT TO KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
17 November 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 November 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SRI LANKA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
17 November 2009
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: KEY TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS THE PLIGHT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
17 November 2009
NORMAL LIVES FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA’S DISPLACED MUST NOT BE DELAYED BY POLITICS, SAYS UN REPRESENTATIVE
17 November 2009
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF ENCOURAGES SOUTH ASIAN JUDGES TO FURTHER OPEN UP JUSTICE TO ALL
16 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP TO COMMUNICATIONS AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
13 November 2009
UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON DISAPPEARANCES CONCLUDES EIGHTY-NINTH SESSION AND ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT
13 November 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF: BRAZIL’S INDIGENOUS AND AFRO-BRAZILIAN POPULATIONS FACE SERIOUS DISCRIMINATION
13 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE REVIEWS REPORT OF SPAIN
13 November 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 November 2009
NEW UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON CULTURAL RIGHTS TAKES OFFICE
12 November 2009
GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES ITS SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION
12 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
12 November 2009
MESSAGE OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEETING OF THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
11 November 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE GENEVA DISCUSSIONS HELD AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 11 NOVEMBER 2009
11 November 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA
11 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF COLOMBIA
11 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
11 November 2009
MESSAGE OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO CONFERENCE OF HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES TO AMENDED PROTOCOL II TO CCW
10 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF AZERBAIJAN
10 November 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF COLOMBIA
10 November 2009
DISPLACED FROM OSSETIA CONFLICT NEED MORE PRAGMATISM, LESS POLITICS, SAYS UN REPRESENTATIVE ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
10 November 2009
STATEMENT BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO THIRD CONFERENCE OF HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES TO PROTOCOL V TO THE CCW
10 November 2009
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT EXHIBITION ON OCCASION OF TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF FALL OF BERLIN WALL
10 November 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF MADAGASCAR
9 November 2009
SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 10 TO 12 NOVEMBER
9 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF AZERBAIJAN
6 November 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF POLAND
6 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF EL SALVADOR
6 November 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 November 2009
UN EXPERT ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN UNDERTAKES FIRST VISIT TO KYRGYZSTAN
5 November 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT BRAZIL
5 November 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS REVIEWS REPORT OF CHAD IN ABSENCE OF A DELEGATION
5 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF EL SALVADOR
4 November 2009
WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES TO STUDY OVER 420 CASES OF DISAPPEARANCES FROM 4 TO 13 NOVEMBER
4 November 2009
UNADDRESSED, SLAVERY IN ALL ITS FORMS MAY BE AN OBSTACLE TO THE FUTURE OF MAURITANIA, UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SAYS
4 November 2009
STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION TO TAKE A DECISION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
4 November 2009
STATES PARTIES TO CCW PROTOCOL ON MINES AND OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICES PROHIBITION SPOTLIGHTS ON IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
4 November 2009
CCW PROTOCOL ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR TO FURTHER DEVELOP ITS IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM AT THIRD CONFERENCE
4 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF SLOVAKIA
4 November 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
4 November 2009
OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE UNITED NATIONS POLICY FOR POST-CONFLICT EMPLOYMENT CREATION, INCOME GENERATION AND REINTEGRATION
3 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF SLOVAKIA
3 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE REVIEWS REPORT OF YEMEN IN ABSENCE OF A DELEGATION
3 November 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 November 2009
U.N. REPRESENTATIVE ON DISPLACED PERSONS TO RETURN TO CAUCASUS FROM 5 TO 6 NOVEMBER
2 November 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 November 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVAKIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 November 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS FORTY-THIRD SESSION IN GENEVA
2 November 2009
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
2 November 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-THIRD SESSION
30 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES NINETY-SEVENTH SESSION
30 October 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 October 2009
"EACH HOUR IS CRITICAL,"WARNS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE AFTER BEING DENIED ENTRY TO ZIMBABWE
29 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON DRAFT REVISED GUIDELINES FOR STATE PARTY REPORTS
29 October 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS FORTY-THIRD SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 2 TO 20 NOVEMBER 2009
29 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS FORTY-THIRD SESSION FROM 2 TO 20 NOVEMBER 2009 IN GENEVA
29 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$610 MILLION
28 October 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PARAGUAY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
28 October 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF URUGUAY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
28 October 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MONGOLIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
28 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES REPORTS ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND TO VIEWS
28 October 2009
GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE WITHDRAWS INVITATION TO UN RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE AT THE LAST MINUTE
27 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON DRAFT REVISED GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF PERIODIC REPORTS BY STATE PARTIES
27 October 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
27 October 2009
AFRICAN UNION CONVENTION ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IS A BEACON OF HOPE FOR 12 MILLION AFRICANS SAYS UN REPRESENTATIVE
26 October 2009
UN EXPERT GROUP MEETS STATES TO DISCUSS PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES
23 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES ITS SECOND SESSION
23 October 2009
UN EXPERT ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY TO CONDUCT FIRST VISIT TO MAURITANIA
23 October 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 October 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF HAILS NEW AFRICAN CONVENTION FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE
22 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT REVISED GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF PERIODIC REPORTS BY STATES PARTIES
21 October 2009
UN REPRESENTATIVE ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS SAYS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS FAILING DISPLACED SOMALIS
21 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HOLDS DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON RIGHT TO EQUAL RECOGNITION BEFORE THE LAW
20 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS HOUSING EXPERT MAKES FIRST VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES
20 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF ECUADOR
20 October 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OPENS ITS SECOND SESSION
19 October 2009
STATEMENT BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY
16 October 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO SEND MISSION TO HONDURAS FROM 18 OCTOBER TO 7 NOVEMBER
16 October 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR: “BRAZIL IS A LEADING COUNTRY ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD, TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO DO EVEN BETTER”
16 October 2009
UN EXPERT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONCLUDES VISIT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
16 October 2009
COUNCIL CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION AFTER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
16 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ENDORSES RECOMMENDATIONS IN REPORT OF FACT-FINDING MISSION LED BY JUSTICE GOLDSTONE AND CALLS FOR THEIR IMPLEMENTATION
16 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
16 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES ELEVENTH SESSION
16 October 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 October 2009
ZIMBABWE: FIRST VISIT BY A UN RAPPORTEUR SCHEDULED FOR END OCTOBER
16 October 2009
NO GREEN SHOOTS OF RECOVERY FOR THE WORLD’S POOR, SAYS UN EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY ON OCCASION OF DAY FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY
15 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS TWELFTH SPECIAL SESSION ON SITUATION IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY AND EAST JERUSALEM
15 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HOLDS SECOND SESSION FROM 19 TO 23 OCTOBER 2009
15 October 2009
"MASSACRES CONTINUE IN CONGO AT HANDS OF ARMED GROUPS AND CONGOLESE ARMY", WARNS UN EXPERT
15 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF CROATIA
15 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS AND KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA WORK TO STRENGTHEN BARRIERS AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
15 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS DISCUSSES OUTCOME OF DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS
15 October 2009
HANDS WASHED EQUALS LIVES SAVED SAY UN EXPERTS ON THE OCCASION OF GLOBAL HANDWASHING DAY
14 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON MIGRANT WORKERS HOLDS GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS
14 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
14 October 2009
HIGH COMMISSIONER OPENS FIRST EVER UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE IN EUROPEAN UNION
13 October 2009
UN EXPERT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS CONDEMNS EXECUTION OF JUVENILE OFFENDER IN IRAN
13 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS REPORT OF SRI LANKA
13 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF SWITZERLAND
13 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY ON 15 OCTOBER
13 October 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 October 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CRITICIZES LATEST EXECUTION OF JUVENILE OFFENDER IN IRAN
12 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS OPENS ELEVENTH SESSION
12 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS NINETY-SEVENTH SESSION
9 October 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 October 2009
UN EXPERT ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION CONCLUDES VISIT TO MONGOLIA
9 October 2009
UN EXPERT ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TO VISIT THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
9 October 2009
TOXIC WASTE: UN EXPERT CONCLUDES MISSION TO THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
9 October 2009
UN EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES GOES ON FIRST VISIT TO CANADA
9 October 2009
“ARE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS STILL SAFE IN THE GAMBIA?” QUESTION HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS
9 October 2009
UN EXPERTS RAISE CONCERNS OVER ALLEGED USE OF MERCENARIES IN HONDURAS
9 October 2009
BRAZIL: FOLLOW UP VISIT BY UN EXPERT ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
8 October 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM/XENOPHOBIA CONCLUDES VISIT TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
8 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HOLDS ELEVENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 12 TO 16 OCTOBER 2009
8 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS ITS NINETY-SEVENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 12 TO 30 OCTOBER 2009
7 October 2009
GENEVA LECTURE SERIES THIRD EDITION
6 October 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 October 2009
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS TO ITU WORLD TELECOM YOUTH FORUM
5 October 2009
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT TO GENEVA LECTURE: RESETTING THE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AGENDA
5 October 2009
GUATEMALA: RAPPORTEUR ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS WORRIED ABOUT LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN ELECTIONS OF MAGISTRATES TO THE SUPREME COURT (Spanish only)
5 October 2009
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON’S JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH MR. HAMADOUN TOURÉ, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF ITU, MR. PAUL KAGAME, PRESIDENT OF RWANDA AND MR. JIANZHOU WANG, CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF THE ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009
5 October 2009
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST TERMS ATTACK AT THE OFFICE OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME IN ISLAMABAD
5 October 2009
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009: ICTS ARE VITAL TO CONFRONTING THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
5 October 2009
UN EXPERT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS ON VISIT TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
5 October 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE VISITS RUSSIAN FEDERATION
2 October 2009
WITH-AND-FOR-THE-POOR PLANNING, THE KEY TO PROTECT URBAN DWELLERS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE SAYS UNITED NATIONS HOUSING EXPERT
2 October 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES TWELFTH REGULAR SESSION
2 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS SEVEN RESOLUTIONS AND CLOSES TWELFTH REGULAR SESSION
2 October 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-SECOND SESSION
2 October 2009
FOUR UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT RECENT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN HONDURAS
2 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS AND ONE DECISION ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, AMONG OTHERS
2 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RACISM/XENOPHOBIA ON FIRST VISIT TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
1 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS FIFTEEN RESOLUTIONS AND TWO DECISIONS
1 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES REPORTS ON LIBERIA, BURUNDI AND CAMBODIA, AND HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING
1 October 2009
CAMBODIA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS WEAKNESSES IN JUDICIARY AND RESTRICTIONS ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH
1 October 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CAMBODIA AND INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SOMALIA
30 September 2009
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO GUINEA "BLOOD BATH"
30 September 2009
PENSIONS ARE THE KEY TO HUMAN RIGHTS FOR POOR OLDER PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES, SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON EXTREME POVERTY
30 September 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF YEMEN ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
30 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM, THEN HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
30 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATES ON SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES, HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND VIENNA DECLARATION
30 September 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GHANA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
29 September 2009
STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG OPENING EXHIBITION ON SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UN SPECIAL MAGAZINE
29 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
29 September 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF QATAR
29 September 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 September 2009
TOXIC WASTE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO VISIT KYRGYZSTAN
29 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES REPORT OF FACT-FINDING MISSION ON THE GAZA CONFLICT
29 September 2009
UN REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR A QUARTER OF A MILLION INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS WITH SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT
29 September 2009
HEAD OF UN FACT FINDING MISSION ON GAZA CONFLICT URGES ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR CRIMES; INSISTS IMPUNITY UNDERMINES PEACE PROCESS
29 September 2009
FIRST VISIT TO MONGOLIA OF UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION
28 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS
28 September 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF PAKISTAN
28 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON THE INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN ITS WORK
25 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW MECHANISM
25 September 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON VANUATU, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA AND THE COMOROS
24 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON CHAD, VIET NAM, URUGUAY AND YEMEN
24 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON NEW ZEALAND, AFGHANISTAN AND CHILE
23 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND MALTA
23 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, MONACO AND BELIZE
22 September 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 September 2009
COMMITTEE EXAMINES REPORTS OF POLAND ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT, SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
22 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION
22 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION
18 September 2009
STATEMENT OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AS SHE CONCLUDES HER VISIT TO COLOMBIA
18 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATES ON REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE HIGH COMMISSIONER AND ON PROTECTING ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
18 September 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 September 2009
REMARKS OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO COMMEMORATION CEREMONY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
18 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO ITS SPECIAL SESSIONS ON THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISES AND THE FOOD CRISIS
18 September 2009
"POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO TACKLE FOOD CRISIS AND RESTRUCTURE AGRICULTURE," WARNS UN RIGHT TO FOOD EXPERT
18 September 2009
PRESS STATEMENT BY UN EXPERT ON “PROBO KOALA” INCIDENT REPORT
18 September 2009
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: MORE PROGRESS NEEDED TO BETTER PROTECT CHILDREN (French only)
18 September 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES INVESTIGATION INTO YEMENI AIR-STRIKES THAT KILLED CIVILIANS
17 September 2009
THREE CO-CHAIRS OF GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON 17 SEPTEMBER
17 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION WITH EXPERTS ON WATER AND SANITATION, TOXIC WASTE AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
17 September 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF BOLIVIA (ESTADO PLURINACIONAL DE)
17 September 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CLOSES 2009 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION
17 September 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS BY STATES EXPRESSING HOPE FOR A QUICK START TO SUBSTANTIVE WORK IN 2010
17 September 2009
SRI LANKA SHOULD PERMIT AN IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE "CHANNEL 4 VIDEOTAPE", SAYS UN EXPERT
17 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS IN DETENTION CENTERS
16 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS FROM SPECIAL PROCEDURES ON SLAVERY, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
16 September 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF MOZAMBIQUE
16 September 2009
COUNCIL CONCLUDES DEBATE ON UPDATE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER, HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
16 September 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GREECE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
16 September 2009
TOXIC WASTE: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT RELEASES REPORT ON “PROBO KOALA” INCIDENT
15 September 2009
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE TO BE COMMEMORATED ON 18 SEPTEMBER AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS
15 September 2009
UN FACT-FINDING MISSION SAYS STRONG EVIDENCE OF WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMMITTED DURING GAZA CONFLICT
15 September 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES
15 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON THE UPDATE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
15 September 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 September 2009
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATES THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS SPHERE
15 September 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF LISTS TACKLING DISCRIMINATION AND IMPUNITY AMONG TOP PRIORITIES
15 September 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENT BY TURKEY
14 September 2009
LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES CHALLENGE LEGITIMACY OF THE HONDURAN DELEGATION AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, ASK FOR COUNCIL TO SUSPEND ITS SESSION
14 September 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF TURKEY ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
14 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS TWELFTH REGULAR SESSION
14 September 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS FIFTY-SECOND SESSION
9 September 2009
UN REPORTS DESCRIBE POSSIBLE WAR CRIMES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
9 September 2009
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD FIFTY-SECOND SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 14 SEPTEMBER TO 2 OCTOBER 2009
8 September 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 September 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS BY BELARUS AND CANADA
8 September 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD TWELFTH REGULAR SESSION FROM 14 SEPTEMBER TO 2 OCTOBER 2009
4 September 2009
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS TO VISIT COLOMBIA FROM 7 TO 18 SEPTEMBER 2009
4 September 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CUBA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
4 September 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BELARUS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
4 September 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 September 2009
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO FOOD TO VISIT NICARAGUA FROM 6 TO 13 SEPTEMBER (Spanish only)
3 September 2009
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE – 3
3 September 2009
TRANSCRIPT OF THE OPENING REMARKS BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE – 3
3 September 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIRMAN ELECT OF THE FIRST COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
3 September 2009
STATEMENT BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE - 3
2 September 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS ON FLASH APPEAL FOR YEMEN
2 September 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD TO VISIT GUATEMALA FROM 3 TO 5 SEPTEMBER 2009 (Spanish only)
2 September 2009
AUSTRIAN FEDERAL MINISTER FOR EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
1 September 2009
STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG ON OCCASION OF SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II
1 September 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
31 August 2009
UN EXPERT CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF INDIGENOUS PERSONS IN COLOMBIA (Spanish only)
31 August 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BULGARIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
31 August 2009
EXTREME POVERTY: ZAMBIA NEEDS TO MOVE “FROM RHETORIC TO ACTION,” SAYS UN EXPERT
31 August 2009
PRESIDENT OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT SAYS CONSENSUS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMME OF WORK STILL MISSING
28 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION
28 August 2009
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERT MEETING CONCLUDES
28 August 2009
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES, A GROWING HUMAN TRAGEDY
28 August 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 August 2009
MESSAGE OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWELFTH COMMUNICATIONS FESTIVAL (French only)
27 August 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONTINUES EFFORTS TO REACH CONSENSUS ON IMPLEMENTING ITS PROGRAMME OF WORK
27 August 2009
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONCLUDES VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
27 August 2009
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: SOUTH AFRICAN LEGAL EXPERT TAKES OVER AS NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
25 August 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES UNITED STATES' APPOINTMENT OF PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED ABUSE OF TERROR SUSPECTS
25 August 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES STALEMATE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMME OF WORK AND OTHER ISSUES
25 August 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 August 2009
2009 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA
21 August 2009
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS CONCLUDES VISIT TO SENEGAL (French only)
21 August 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF CHAD
20 August 2009
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERTS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 24 TO 28 AUGUST
20 August 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONTINUES SEARCH FOR CONSENSUS ON MODALITIES TO IMPLEMENT ITS AGREED PROGRAMME OF WORK
20 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ETHIOPIA
19 August 2009
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTREME POVERTY TO VISIT ZAMBIA
19 August 2009
STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT CEREMONY MARKING THE FIRST WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY
19 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES
18 August 2009
STATEMENT BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY ON THE FIRST WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY
18 August 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 August 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF JORDAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
17 August 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KAZAKHSTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
17 August 2009
PRESIDENT OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT SAYS CONSENSUS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMME OF WORK NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE
14 August 2009
UN EXPERT ON MIGRANTS TO CARRY OUT AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO SENEGAL FROM 17 TO 21 AUGUST (French only)
14 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF CHILE
14 August 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ESTONIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
14 August 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MEXICO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
14 August 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 August 2009
"SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES," REPORTS UN COMMITTEE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES
13 August 2009
IRAN: DETAINEES SUBJECTED TO TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT TO EXTRACT CONFESSIONS, WARN UN EXPERTS
13 August 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING WARNS OF MASS FORCED EVICTIONS IN NIGERIA
13 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF COLOMBIA
12 August 2009
STATEMENT BY THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S SENTENCE
12 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF AZERBAIJAN
12 August 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF CHINA
12 August 2009
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CALL FOR UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI AFTER UNFAIR TRIAL
11 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF GREECE
11 August 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 August 2009
VENEZUELA: "DRAFT MEDIA LAW COULD BE USED AS A TOOL FOR POLITICAL INTIMIDATION," WARNS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
10 August 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO VISIT AUSTRALIA
10 August 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SEES ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT FOR NEPAL’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
10 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF CHINA AND SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS OF HONG KONG AND MACAO
10 August 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT: NEW DELAY ON DECISION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR 2009
10 August 2009
UN EXPERT COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
7 August 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THIRD SESSION
7 August 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS RECOMMENDATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE
7 August 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 August 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
7 August 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT POSTPONES DECISION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR 2009
6 August 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S EXPERT MECHANISM ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO HOLD SECOND SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 10 TO 14 AUGUST
6 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF POLAND
6 August 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE AND CLOSES DEBATE ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
6 August 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT MARKS SIXTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA
5 August 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES MISSING PERSONS AND ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE
5 August 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL MODEL UN
5 August 2009
STATEMENT BY UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS TO OPENING SESSION OF 2009 GLOBAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
5 August 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES THE RIGHT TO FOOD
5 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
4 August 2009
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS AFFECTED BY LEPROSY, AND RULES OF PROCEDURE AND METHODS OF WORK
4 August 2009
WORKING GROUP ON USE OF MERCENARIES ENCOURAGED BY EFFORTS OF UNITED STATES TO INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY OF PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS
4 August 2009
OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE AND PLIGHT OF CITIZENS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
4 August 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 August 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
4 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF PERU
4 August 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS THIRD PART OF 2009 SESSION, PRESIDENT PRESENTS NEW DRAFT DECISION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF WORK
3 August 2009
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS AFFECTED BY LEPROSY AND RULES OF PROCEDURE AND METHODS OF WORK
3 August 2009
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES TO VISIT EGYPT, JORDAN AND SYRIA
3 August 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION, ADOPTS AGENDA AND PROGRAMME OF WORK
3 August 2009
‘WMD-WE MUST DISARM’ LAUNCHES SHORT FILM COMPETITION
3 August 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OPENS THIRD SESSION
31 July 2009
AFGHANISTAN: CIVILIAN CASUALTIES KEEP ON RISING, SAYS UN REPORT
31 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES NINETY-SIXTH SESSION
31 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL SUSPENDS 2009 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION
31 July 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
31 July 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NEW ZEALAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
30 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
30 July 2009
TROUBLING JUSTICE SITUATION IN VENEZUELA, WARNS UN EXPERT (in Spanish)
30 July 2009
ECOSOC ADOPTS 21 TEXTS ON SOCIAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS
30 July 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 3 TO 28 AUGUST
30 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS SOCIAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS
30 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOLD THIRD SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 3 TO 7 AUGUST 2009
29 July 2009
ECOSOC ADOPTS FOUR RESOLUTIONS AND SEVEN DECISIONS ON ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS
29 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND TO VIEWS
29 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS
29 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$430 MILLION
28 July 2009
ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS ON MAINSTREAMING A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN ALL POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES IN THE UN SYSTEM
28 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REPERCUSSIONS OF THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION ON THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
28 July 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 July 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BANGLADESH PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
28 July 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BENIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
27 July 2009
ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON INFORMATICS AND ON THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM STAFF COLLEGE
27 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS INDICATORS AND THE INFLUENCE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
27 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ON CONSULTATIVE STATUS OF NGOS
24 July 2009
ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON INFORMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND ON UNAIDS
24 July 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 July 2009
ECOSOC ADOPTS TWO RESOLUTIONS ON RECOVERING FROM THE CRISIS: A GLOBAL JOBS PACT, AND ON CALENDAR OF CONFERENCE IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FIELDS
23 July 2009
"NATURE RESERVE CERTIFICATE" AWARDED TO UNOG FOR ARIANA PARK
23 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH STATES PARTIES TO DISCUSS WAYS TO IMPROVE WORKING METHODS AND COOPERATION
23 July 2009
ECOSOC DECIDES TO EXTEND THE MANDATE OF THE AD HOC ADVISORY GROUP ON HAITI FOR ONE YEAR
23 July 2009
INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE CLOSES MEETING IN GENEVA
23 July 2009
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS VISITS COLOMBIA
23 July 2009
INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON PALESTINE DISCUSSES ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND MEDIA IN PROMOTING RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW
23 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OPENS GENERAL SEGMENT, DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO MAJOR UN CONFERENCES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTONS
23 July 2009
STATEMENT BY UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF, NAVI PILLAY, ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 'RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT' IN SAVING LIVES
22 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE DISCUSSES THE COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL STATES FOR PALESTINE
22 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE OPENS IN GENEVA TO DISCUSS ISSUES SURROUNDING GAZA WAR
22 July 2009
ECOSOC ADOPTS FOUR RESOLUTIONS AND CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF ITS OPERATIONAL ACTIVTIES SEGMENT AND HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS SEGMENT
22 July 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UGANDA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
22 July 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS ESTABLISHMENT OF ASEAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
21 July 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL JOHN HOLMES ON MID-YEAR REVIEW OF 2009 HUMANITARIAN APPEALS
21 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DISCUSSION ON SPECIAL ECONOMIC, HUMANITARIAN AND DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE
21 July 2009
UN EXPERTS READY TO ASSIST RUSSIA IN INVESTIGATING SERIES OF KILLINGS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
21 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF AZERBAIJAN
21 July 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 July 2009
ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON IMPACT OF CURRENT GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND TRENDS ON DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
20 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
20 July 2009
ECOSOC HOLDS GENERAL DISCUSSION ON STRENGTHENING COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
17 July 2009
JAPAN: "HUMAN TRAFFICKING AFFECTS EVERY COUNTRY," WARNS UN EXPERT
17 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS INFORMAL PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE TRANSITION FROM RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT
17 July 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 July 2009
"ADDITIONAL EFFORTS NEEDED TO END DISPLACEMENT IN NORTHERN UGANDA," WARNS UN REPRESENTATIVE
17 July 2009
ECOSOC HOLDS THEMATIC PANEL ON STRENGTHENING UNITED NATIONS COUNTRY TEAM’S COHERENT SUPPORT TO PUBLIC HEALTH
17 July 2009
UN EXPERTS TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES TO DISCUSS THE USE OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY CONTRACTORS
17 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF CHAD
16 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES “TRANSPARENT AND INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF ESTEMIROVA KILLING”
16 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RESUMES DIALOGUE SESSION ON SELECTED THEMES OF TRIENNIAL COMPREHENSIVE POLICY REVIEW
16 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE TO BE HELD AT THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA ON 22 AND 23 JULY
16 July 2009
ECOSOC HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH EXECUTIVE HEADS OF UNITED NATIONS FUNDS AND PROGRAMMES
15 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE ON UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM FUNDING
15 July 2009
UN FACT FINDING MISSION ON THE GAZA CONFLICT TO SCREEN GAZA PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 16 AND 17 JULY 2009
15 July 2009
KAZAKHSTAN: "ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT ON MINORITY ISSUES", SAYS UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT
15 July 2009
ECOSOC HOLDS THEMATIC PANEL ON CURRENT ECONOMIC, FOOD AND CLIMATE CHANGE CRISES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON ACHIEVEMENT OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
15 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA
14 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON EFFECTIVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES: COUNTRY LEVEL EXPERIENCE
14 July 2009
ECOSOC HOLDS ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON THE UNITED NATIONS COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
14 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF TANZANIA
14 July 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 July 2009
ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON IMPACT OF FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISES ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY THEIR SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS
13 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS NINETY-SIXTH SESSION
13 July 2009
ECOSOC HOLDS GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM IN IMPLEMENTING GOALS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
10 July 2009
ECOSOC CONSIDERS IMPLEMENTATION OF MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS
10 July 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 July 2009
ECOSOC HOLDS DIALOGUE ON REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISIS, INCLUDING THE IMPACT ON GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH
10 July 2009
HONDURAS: EXPERTO DE LA ONU EXHORTA AL RETORNO DEL ESTADO DE DERECHO (in Spanish)
10 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS FOOD EXPERT TO G-8: “BETTER, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH”
10 July 2009
UNITTED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS REPORTS SUGGEST POSSIBLE WAR CRIMES IN SOMALIA
10 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED TO VISIT UGANDA
9 July 2009
"TEAR DOWN THAT WALL, MR. NETANYAHU", SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON KEY ANNIVERSARY
9 July 2009
ECOSOC ADOPTS MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON IMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONALLY AGREED GOALS AND COMMITMENTS ON GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH
9 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS ITS NINETY-SIXTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 13 TO 31 JULY 2009
9 July 2009
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES ITS HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE ON GLOBAL TRENDS AFFECTING PUBLIC HEALTH
8 July 2009
ECOSOC BEGINS ITS HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE ON THE IMPACT OF CURRENT GLOBAL TRENDS ON DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH
8 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TO VISIT JAPAN
8 July 2009
ECOSOC HOLDS SPECIAL EVENT ON AFRICA AND LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND HEARS NATIONAL VOLUNTARY PRESENTATIONS BY SRI LANKA AND SUDAN
8 July 2009
VIOLENCE AGAINST AFGHAN WOMEN, INCLUDING RAPE, WIDESPREAD AND UNPUNISHED, SAYS UNITED NATIONS
7 July 2009
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT BETWEEN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES TO REDUCE STRATEGIC WARHEADS, DELIVERY VEHICLES, AS FOLLOW-ON TO ‘START’
7 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS GRAVELY CONCERNED BY MASS ARRESTS IN IRAN
7 July 2009
ECOSOC HEARS NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS FROM JAPAN, BOLIVIA AND MALI ON EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE HEALTH-RELATED MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
7 July 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 July 2009
ECOSOC HEARS NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS FROM JAMAICA AND CHINA ON EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THE HEALTH-RELATED MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
7 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF ALARMED BY HIGH LOSS OF LIFE IN CHINA’S XINJIANG REGION
7 July 2009
SERIOUS OBSTACLES REMAIN FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN BALKANS, WARNS UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
6 July 2009
ECOSOC HOLDS HIGH-LEVEL POLICY DIALOGUE ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORLD ECONOMY
6 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OPENS 2009 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON PUBLIC HEALTH
6 July 2009
REMARKS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE OPENING OF THE 2009 ECOSOC INNOVATION FAIR
6 July 2009
TRADE CAN AND MUST BE PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO STIMULATE A RECOVERY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PARTICIPANTS AT GLOBAL AID-FOR-TRADE MEETING
6 July 2009
WE HAVE BEEN MOVING TOO SLOWLY TO MEET OUR GOALS SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
3 July 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 July 2009
FORTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR TO BE HELD IN GENEVA FROM 6 TO 24 JULY 2009
3 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES TO VISIT KAZAKHSTAN
2 July 2009
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS 2009 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 6 TO 31 JULY 2009
2 July 2009
HONDURAS: UN EXPERTS DEMAND THE IMMEDIATE REINSTATEMENT OF DEMOCRACY AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS (in Spanish)
2 July 2009
GAZA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT DENOUNCES SEIZURE OF AID BOAT BY ISRAELI FORCES
2 July 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES SECOND PART OF 2009 SESSION, DURING WHICH IT AGREED ON A PROGRAMME OF WORK
1 July 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THREE CO-CHAIRS OF GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS
1 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RACISM CONCLUDES MISSION TO GERMANY
1 July 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT CONCERNED AT RESTRICTIONS ON FREEDOM OF LAWYERS TO REPRESENT THEIR CLIENTS IN CAMBODIA
30 June 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 June 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS BY CO-CHAIR OF INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT
29 June 2009
UN FACT FINDING MISSION ON THE GAZA CONFLICT - FACT FINDING MISSION COMPLETES TWO DAYS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS IN GAZA
29 June 2009
EGYPT WELL PLACED TO TACKLE HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES RELATED TO WATER AND SANITATION, SAYS UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERT
29 June 2009
UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON DISAPPEARANCES CONCLUDES EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
26 June 2009
UN WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES HOLDS 88TH SESSION IN MOROCCO
26 June 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ARMENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
26 June 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
26 June 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 June 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONTINUES TO DISCUSS DRAFT DECISIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS PROGRAMME OF WORK
26 June 2009
“THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS IS NOT OVER. OUR OBLIGATIONS GO BEYOND FIXING THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM,” SAYS UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
25 June 2009
UN FACT FINDING MISSION ON THE GAZA CONFLICT TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON 28 AND 29 JUNE IN GAZA AND ON 6 AND 7 JULY IN GENEVA
25 June 2009
DON’T FORGET HUMAN RIGHTS, UN EXPERTS URGE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION ON FINANCIAL CRISIS
25 June 2009
PRESIDENT OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TABLES DRAFT SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES AND DRAFT DECISION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRS AND SPECIAL COORDINATORS
24 June 2009
JOINT STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE
24 June 2009
STATEMENT BY THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, NAVI PILLAY, ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE
23 June 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 June 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF BRIEFING BY PERSONAL ENVOY OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR GREECE-FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA TALKS
22 June 2009
UN EXPERT ON RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERENCE VISITS GERMANY
22 June 2009
UN EXPERT ON MIGRANTS CONCLUDES VISIT TO ROMANIA
19 June 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL JOHN HOLMES ON OUTCOME OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION CONFERENCE
19 June 2009
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION TO VISIT EGYPT
19 June 2009
UN WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES TO VISIT AND HOLD 88TH SESSION IN MOROCCO
19 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS GRAVELY CONCERNED AT KILLINGS AND ARRESTS IN IRAN
19 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTS BUREAU FOR FOURTH ANNUAL CYCLE
19 June 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 June 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONCERNED ABOUT MANNER OF ARRESTS, AND POSSIBLE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE IN IRAN
19 June 2009
STATEMENT BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS ON HIS MISSION TO COLOMBIA
18 June 2009
UN EXPERT SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE AND RIGHTS ABUSES IN SOMALIA
18 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES ELEVENTH SESSION
18 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ESTABLISHES MANDATE OF INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SUDAN FOR ONE YEAR
18 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL APPROVES FIVE MANDATE HOLDERS AND ADOPTS A RESOLUTION ON ISSUANCE OF REPORTS OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
18 June 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENT BY VENEZUELA ON BEHALF OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
17 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS EIGHT RESOLUTIONS ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
17 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI
16 June 2009
SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON THE URGENCY OF THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY
16 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM
16 June 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN
16 June 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO VISIT PERU
16 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
16 June 2009
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE FAIR AND OPEN TRIAL FOR AUNG SAN SUU KYI
15 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
15 June 2009
UN EXPERT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS TO VISIT ROMANIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
15 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL AND DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO SPECIAL SESSION ON SITUATION IN GAZA
12 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES DEBATE ON THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW MECHANISM, DISCUSSES WORK FORMAT OF PANELS
12 June 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTY-FIRST SESSION
12 June 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON MALAYSIA AND JORDAN
11 June 2009
THE MUSEUM OF AVANT-GARDE MASTERY UNVEILS COLLECTION AT PALAIS DES NATIONS
11 June 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD RECOMMENDS PRINCIPLES AND MEASURES TO DISCIPLINE “LAND GRABBING”
11 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON AZERBAIJAN, NIGERIA, MEXICO AND MAURITIUS
11 June 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LITHUANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
11 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PROCESS ON SENEGAL AND CHINA
11 June 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES ISSUES RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS PROGRAMME OF WORK
10 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON CAMEROON, CUBA AND SAUDI ARABIA
10 June 2009
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE URGES GOVERNMENT OF PERU TO DIALOGUE WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMAZON
10 June 2009
UN EXPERT ON SLAVERY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER 'RESTAVEK' SYSTEM IN HAITI
10 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON BANGLADESH AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
9 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PROCESS ON GERMANY, DJIBOUTI AND CANADA
9 June 2009
CHILDREN'S COMMITTEE EXAMINES REPORTS OF OMAN UNDER OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT AND ON CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND SALE
9 June 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE ITS ATTENTION AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS
8 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE ITS ATTENTION
8 June 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS TO VISIT COLOMBIA
8 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS GENERAL DEBATE ON SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
5 June 2009
JOINT INSPECTION UNIT: NEW CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIRMAN
5 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES REPORTS BY HIGH COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY-GENERAL
5 June 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF ROMANIA
5 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTREME POVERTY AND ON THE EFFECT OF FOREIGN DEBT ON HUMAN RIGHTS
5 June 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 June 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF CIVILIANS CAUGHT UP IN CONFLICTS
4 June 2009
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE SUDAN CONCLUDES VISIT
4 June 2009
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON SITUATIONS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN
4 June 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF NIGER
4 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL FULL-DAY DISCUSSION ON WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS
4 June 2009
STATES BEGIN TO DEFINE WAY FORWARD ON PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
3 June 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONCLUDES VISIT TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
3 June 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF BANGLADESH
3 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES REPORTS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS AND ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
3 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS, FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION AND HEALTH
3 June 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON SLAVERY TO VISIT HAITI
3 June 2009
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO MEETING BETWEEN COUNCIL OF EUROPE, ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE AND UN
2 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS, FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION, AND ON HEALTH
2 June 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH SPECIAL MECHANISMS ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS, MIGRANTS AND EDUCATION
2 June 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 May 2009
ADOPTION OF THE PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
29 May 2009
STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE UN FACT-FINDING MISSION ON THE GAZA CONFLICT
29 May 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS PROGRAMME OF WORK AFTER TWELVE YEARS OF STALEMATE
29 May 2009
UN EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ENDS VISIT TO POLAND
29 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORTS OF SLOVENIA ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS TO CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF CHILD
29 May 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 May 2009
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS
28 May 2009
REMARKS BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT CEREMONY AT THE UN MEMORIAL TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS
28 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF MAURITANIA
28 May 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ELEVENTH REGULAR SESSION FROM 2 TO 18 JUNE
28 May 2009
SEVEN STATES JOIN GROWING CONSENSUS AROUND CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK
27 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF SWEDEN
27 May 2009
COUNCIL CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION AFTER ADOPTING RESOLUTION ON ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA IN PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
27 May 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA IN THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
27 May 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES SPECIAL SESSION ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA
27 May 2009
STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO THE FIRST AFRICAN FORUM FOR DIALOGUE
26 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF FRANCE
26 May 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS ELEVENTH SPECIAL SESSION ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA
26 May 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM STATES ON NUCLEAR TEST BY DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
26 May 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 May 2009
UN EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ENDS VISIT TO BELARUS
25 May 2009
UN MEETING TO DISCUSS HOW NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES CAN HELP FIGHT POVERTY AND DELIVER BETTER HEALTH SERVICES
25 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS FIFTY-FIRST SESSION
22 May 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN SRI LANKA
22 May 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS BY SEVERAL STATES IN SUPPORT OF NEW DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK
22 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-SECOND SESSION
22 May 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD HOLDS FIFTY-FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 25 MAY TO 12 JUNE 2009
20 May 2009
READOUT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEETING WITH JUSTICE GOLDSTONE
20 May 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 May 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THREE CO-CHAIRS OF GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS
19 May 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN SRI LANKA
19 May 2009
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY THAT RESILIENCE AND SOLIDARITY ARE THE BEST RESPONSE TO CRISIS
19 May 2009
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO ADOPT NEW PROPOSAL FOR A PROGRAMME OF WORK
19 May 2009
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS A FRESH MULTILATERAL APPROACH IS NEEDED IN DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION
18 May 2009
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HEAD MEETING OF INITIATIVES RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING INNOVATIVE FINANCING SOLUTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT ON 19 MAY
18 May 2009
UN EXPERT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TO VISIT BELARUS AND POLAND
15 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-SECOND SESSION
15 May 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF DEPLORES LATEST CHARGES AGAINST AUNG SAN SUU KYI
15 May 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 May 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON MYANMAR CALLS FOR RELEASE OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI
15 May 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT SITUATION OF DISPLACED IN SRI LANKA
14 May 2009
VICTIMS MUST BE AT THE CENTRE OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING ACTION SAYS UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
13 May 2009
UN EXPERT ON TORTURE CONCLUDES VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN
13 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF UNITED KINGDOM
12 May 2009
OCHA PRESS CONFERENCE ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN HORN OF AFRICA
12 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE
12 May 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE UPCOMING UN CONFERENCE ON THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISIS
12 May 2009
UN EXPERT URGES COUNTRIES TO ACKNOWLEDGE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEBT, DRAWING LESSONS FROM NORWAY AND ECUADOR
12 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF CAMBODIA
12 May 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 May 2009
URGENT INTERNATIONAL SCRUTINY NEEDED IN SRI LANKA, SAY UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS
8 May 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF CYPRUS
8 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION ON FOLLOW-UP TO COMMUNICATIONS
8 May 2009
UN FACT-FINDING MISSION ON THE GAZA CONFLICT HOLDS FIRST MEETING IN GENEVA
7 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF BRAZIL
7 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP TO COMMUNICATIONS AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
7 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF HONDURAS
7 May 2009
GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, VOLATILE FOOD PRICES, MAKE AGRICULTURAL FOCUS URGENT, UN HUMAN RIGHTS FOOD EXPERT SAYS
6 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF ISRAEL
6 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF AUSTRALIA
6 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF HONDURAS
6 May 2009
UN URGES IRAQ TO IMPLEMENT A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
6 May 2009
UN EXPERT URGES CAMBODIA TO REFRAIN FROM MORE FORCED EVICTIONS
5 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF CHILE
5 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF ISRAEL
5 May 2009
STATEMENT BY UN EXPERT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DURING VISIT TO REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
5 May 2009
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO HEALTH VISITING POLAND FROM 5 TO 11 MAY
5 May 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 May 2009
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ON SITUATION IN BRAZIL, AUSTRALIA AND CAMBODIA
4 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF CHILE
4 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF NEW ZEALAND
4 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-SECOND SESSION
1 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF NEW ZEALAND
1 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES TENTH SESSION
1 May 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HOLDS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION FOR MIGRANT WORKERS
1 May 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF NICARAGUA
1 May 2009
UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO HOLD FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION FROM 4 TO 8 MAY
1 May 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HOLDS MEETING WITH STATES PARTIES
30 April 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW TO REVIEW SIXTEEN MORE COUNTRIES DURING ITS FIFTH SESSION FROM 4 TO 15 MAY
30 April 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF CHAD
30 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD FORTY-SECOND SESSION FROM 4 to 22 MAY 2009 IN GENEVA
30 April 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF NICARAGUA
30 April 2009
UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF CONCLUDES VISIT TO FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
29 April 2009
GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES ITS SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION, PAYS OUT $ 300 MILLION
29 April 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF THE PHILIPPINES
29 April 2009
UN WORKING GROUP ON MERCENARIES GRAVELY CONCERNED BY ALLEGATIONS THAT MERCENARIES WERE INVOLVED IN PLOT AGAINST BOLIVIAN AUTHORITIES
29 April 2009
UNITED NATIONS ISSUES FOURTEENTH REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN IRAQ
29 April 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF CHAD
28 April 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS MEETING WITH STATES PARTIES
28 April 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES
28 April 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 April 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE TO CONDUCT VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN
28 April 2009
PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONDUCTS OFFICIAL VISIT TO BRAZIL
27 April 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS FORTY-SECOND SESSION
27 April 2009
UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF TO VISIT THE BALKANS REGION
27 April 2009
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN DEBT ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT NORWAY AND ECUADOR
27 April 2009
SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 28 TO 29 APRIL
24 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HEARS RESPONSE OF THE PHILIPPINES
24 April 2009
OPENING REMARKS BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
24 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
24 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE CONCLUDES AFTER ADOPTING OUTCOME DOCUMENT WHICH CALLS ON STATES TO TAKE COMPREHENSIVE MEASURES AGAINST RACISM
24 April 2009
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE WAS A CELEBRATION OF TOLERANCE AND DIGNITY FOR ALL
24 April 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 April 2009
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE ON ISSUES ARISING FROM THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE
24 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HEARS RESPONSE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
24 April 2009
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI TO CARRY OUT A SECOND VISIT TO THE COUNTRY FROM 27 APRIL TO 9 MAY (French only)
24 April 2009
UN EXPERT FOR SOMALIA URGES DONORS CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS TO CONTRIBUTE GENEROUSLY TO SOMALI SECURITY FORCES
23 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
23 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES
23 April 2009
ACTION TAKEN BY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE REGARDING DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR BY THREE NGOS
23 April 2009
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD FORTY-SECOND SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 27 APRIL TO 15 MAY 2009
23 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE DISCUSSES ISSUES ARISING FROM THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE
23 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE HEARS FROM NATIONAL DELEGATIONS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS UNDER GENERAL DEBATE
23 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
22 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
22 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HEARS RESPONSE OF COLOMBIA
22 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE HEARS TWENTY-FIVE INTERVENTIONS UNDER ITS GENERAL SEGMENT
22 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE HEARS FROM NINE DIGNITARIES AS IT CONTINUES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
22 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HEARS RESPONSE OF AZERBAIJAN
21 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE ADOPTS OUTCOME DOCUMENT
21 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS STARTS CONSIDERATION OF INITIAL REPORT OF COLOMBIA
21 April 2009
MAIN COMMITTEE OF THE DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE RECOMMENDS OUTCOME DOCUMENT TO PLENARY FOR ADOPTION
21 April 2009
UN EXPERT CONTINUES OPEN DIALOGUE WITH EGYPT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER TERRORISM
21 April 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS STARTS ITS CONSIDERATION OF THE INITIAL REPORT OF AZERBAIJAN
21 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE CONTINUES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT
20 April 2009
TRANSCRIPT OF STATEMENTS BY SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT PRESS CONFERENCE ON OPENING OF DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
20 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS HEARS FROM INSTITUTIONS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ON REPORT OF PHILLIPPINES (French only)
20 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE STARTS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT AND HEARS STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF IRAN
20 April 2009
STATEMENT BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON SPEECH BY PRESIDENT OF IRAN AT THE DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
20 April 2009
UN EXPERTS STRONGLY CONDEMN THE SACKING OF JUDGES IN FIJI
20 April 2009
STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN AT THE DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
20 April 2009
MEETING OF EXPERTS OF CCW PROTOCOL V TO MEET AND DISCUSS ITS IMPLEMENTATION
20 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS OPENS SESSION (French only)
20 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE OPENS
20 April 2009
STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON YOM HASHOAH, HOLOCAUST REMEMBERANCE DAY
20 April 2009
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE THAT DESPITE DECADES OF ADVOCACY, RACISM STILL PERSISTS
20 April 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SHOCKED BY UNITED STATES’ WITHDRAWAL FROM DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE, URGES STATES TO FOCUS ON RACISM NOT POLITICS
20 April 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON DOCUMENT FOR ANTI-RACISM CONFERENCE
17 April 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 April 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS STRONGLY CONDEMN THE EXECUTION OF NINE MEN FOLLOWING AN UNFAIR TRIAL IN SUDAN
17 April 2009
CCW GROUP OF EXPERTS OF AMENDED PROTOCOL II TO MEET AND DISCUSS IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
17 April 2009
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER TERRORISM TO VISIT EGYPT
16 April 2009
DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT PALAIS DES NATIONS IN GENEVA FROM 20 TO 24 APRIL
16 April 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT CONDEMNS KILLING OF BURUNDIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST
16 April 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS TO HOLD TENTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 20 APRIL TO 1 MAY
16 April 2009
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT ROME CONFERENCE ON “OVERCOMING NUCLEAR DANGERS”
15 April 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES PROTECTION OF JUDICIARY AND MEDIA INDEPENDENCE IN FIJI
15 April 2009
NEW DRAFT OUTCOME TEXT FOR ANTI- RACISM CONFERENCE RELEASED
14 April 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AND AMBASSADOR OF SPAIN TO THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS ROOM
14 April 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 April 2009
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO EDUCATION TO VISIT PARAGUAY
9 April 2009
SIXTEEN FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED FOR THE 2009 UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL LAW FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME
9 April 2009
GROUP OF EXPERTS TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
8 April 2009
EXPERT GROUP ON MERCENARIES CONCLUDES VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
8 April 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF HUNGARY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
7 April 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 April 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS CALLS ON KENYA TO STOP SYSTEMATIC INTIMIDATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
7 April 2009
UN EXPERT APPEALS TO LTTE AND GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA TO SAVE LIVES OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS TRAPPED BY CONFLICT
7 April 2009
REMARKS BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REFLECTION ON THE 1994 GENOCIDE IN RWANDA
3 April 2009
UN EXPERTS WELCOME AUSTRALIA’S ENDORSEMENT OF UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
3 April 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 April 2009
ADDRESS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT CONFERENCE ON ASSESSMENT OF BELGIUM’S ROLE IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL IN 2007-2008
3 April 2009
RICHARD J. GOLDSTONE APPOINTED TO LEAD HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FACT-FINDING MISSION ON GAZA CONFLICT
2 April 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS AFGHAN LAW RESTRICTING WOMEN’S RIGHTS IS REMINISCENT OF TALIBAN ERA
1 April 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED TO VISIT SRI LANKA
1 April 2009
PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT BY UNITED STATES TO RUN FOR ELECTION TO THE COUNCIL
31 March 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 March 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE CONCLUDES MISSION TO URUGUAY
27 March 2009
UN EXPERT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONCLUDES VISIT TO BOTSWANA
27 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES TENTH REGULAR SESSION
27 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CLOSES TENTH SESSION, EXTENDING MANDATE OF INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SOMALIA
27 March 2009
UN EXPERT GROUP CONSIDERS NEW LEGAL INSTRUMENTS FOR REGULATION OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES
27 March 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF "GREATLY ENCOURAGED" BY POSITIVE REACTIONS TO NEW ANTI-RACISM TEXT
27 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MYANMAR FOR ONE YEAR
27 March 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 March 2009
COUNCIL ESTABLISHES NEW EXPERT IN FIELD OF CULTURAL RIGHTS, EXTENDS MANDATE ON DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOR ONE YEAR
26 March 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES FIRST PART OF ITS 2009 SESSION
26 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS NINE RESOLUTIONS ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER ISSUES
25 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS FOUR RESOLUTIONS ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
25 March 2009
COUNCIL APPOINTS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA AND ELECTS FOUR MEMBERS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE
25 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES COUNTRY REPORTS ON GUATEMALA, BOLIVIA, AFGHANISTAN, COLOMBIA, CYPRUS, SIERRA LEONE AND NEPAL
24 March 2009
MISSION TO BENIN OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
24 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONSIDERS ISSUES RELATED TO RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED FORMS OF INTOLERANCE
24 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON FOLLOW-UP TO AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
24 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
24 March 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL BEGINS DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES
23 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATES ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION, AND HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS
23 March 2009
WATER AND SANITATION, A MATTER OF RIGHTS, EVEN IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY, SAYS UN EXPERT ON OCCASION OF WORLD WATER DAY
20 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW MECHANISM
20 March 2009
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: UN EXPERT CALLS FOR FULL ENGAGEMENT IN THE DURBAN REVIEW PROCESS
20 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES ON UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PROCESS OF ISRAEL, CAPE VERDE, COLOMBIA AND UZBEKISTAN
20 March 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 March 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
20 March 2009
HIGH COMMISSIONER CALLS FOR DURBAN PROMISES TO BE TRANSLATED INTO ACTION ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
19 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES ON UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PROCESS OF LIECHTENSTEIN, SERBIA, TURKMENISTAN AND BURKINA FASO
19 March 2009
COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PROCESS ON UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF OUTCOME ON ISRAEL
19 March 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM NIGERIA AND UNITED KINGDOM
18 March 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES REVISED TEXT FOR ANTI-RACISM DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
18 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PROCESS ON LUXEMBOURG, BARBADOS AND MONTENEGRO
18 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PROCESS ON BOTSWANA, BAHAMAS AND BURUNDI
17 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE ITS ATTENTION
17 March 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 March 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON WATER AND SANITATION TO VISIT COSTA RICA
17 March 2009
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ALGERIA ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
17 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS IN MYANMAR AND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
17 March 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO VISIT NEPAL AND INDIA
16 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONSIDERS SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
16 March 2009
COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS
13 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES DISCUSSION ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE AND MINORITY ISSUES
13 March 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT SAYS WORLD IS NEGLECTING MAJOR INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT CRISES
13 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF ALARMED BY CIVILIAN DEATHS IN NO-FIRE ZONES IN SRI LANKA; SAYS ACTS COULD CONSTITUTE WAR CRIMES
13 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES REPORTS ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE, AND MINORITY ISSUES
13 March 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, AND PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE
12 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON REPORTS ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
12 March 2009
GERMAN COMMISSIONER FOR DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
12 March 2009
COUNCIL CONCLUDES PANEL DISCUSSION ON RIGHTS OF CHILD, INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON COUNTERING TERRORISM, TORTURE AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
11 March 2009
COUNCIL DICUSSES ACHIEVEMENTS AND OBSTACLES IN IMPLEMENTING THE CONVENTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
11 March 2009
COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON PROMOTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
10 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES REPORTS ON COUNTERING TERRORISM, TORTURE, AND INVOLUNTARY AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
10 March 2009
COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION OF REPORTS BY SPECIAL PROCEDURES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTERING TERRORISM, TORTURE AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
10 March 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 March 2009
UN WORKING GROUP TO DISCUSS HUNDREDS OF CASES OF ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES
10 March 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL DRUGS POLICY TO INCLUDE FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HARM REDUCTION
9 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES REPORTS FROM EXPERTS ON RIGHT TO FOOD, SAFE DRINKING WATER AND ADEQUATE HOUSING
9 March 2009
UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON HOUSING ISSUES REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
9 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD
7 March 2009
RUSSIAN MINISTER WELCOMES STATEMENTS BY UNITED STATES IN FAVOUR OF MULTILATERAL APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DISARMAMENT
6 March 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CALLS ON WOMEN AND MEN TO UNITE IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS
6 March 2009
UN EXPERT CALLS UPON KENYA TO ESTABLISH AN INVESTIGATION INTO ASSASSINATION OF TWO HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
6 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH WORKING GROUPS ON ARBITRARY DETENTION AND ON MERCENARIES
6 March 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION
6 March 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 March 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ZAMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
6 March 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF VIET NAM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
6 March 2009
REMARKS BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO EVENT COMMEMORATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2009
6 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON REPORTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
6 March 2009
MESSAGE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMEMORATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
6 March 2009
UN EXPERT URGES UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT NOT TO DEPORT THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS BACK TO HURRICANE-HIT HAITI
6 March 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF INDONESIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
5 March 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION CONCLUDES VISIT TO THE MALDIVES
5 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DEBATE WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON HER ANNUAL REPORT
5 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONSIDERS ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
5 March 2009
VICE MINISTER OF INTERIOR AND SECURITY OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
5 March 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS COMBATING DISCRIMINATION IS A TOP PRIORITY
4 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL SEGMENT, HEARS STATEMENTS FROM STATES AND OTHERS ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
4 March 2009
HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 19 MINISTERS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES
3 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT, HEARING STATEMENTS FROM 12 COUNTRIES
3 March 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONTENEGRO
3 March 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS BY DIGNITARIES FROM CHILE AND ITALY ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
3 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT AND HEARS STATEMENTS BY SIXTEEN DIGNITARIES
3 March 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 March 2009
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATION TO BE HELD ON 6 MARCH AT PALAIS DES NATIONS
2 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS FROM GABON, IRAN, SLOVAKIA, YEMEN AND EGYPT
2 March 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS TENTH REGULAR SESSION
27 February 2009
UN EXPERT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TO VISIT MALDIVES
27 February 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES ITS FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA
27 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF CROATIA
26 February 2009
LESSONS OF POST TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION IN MALDIVES ARE CRUCIAL TO DESIGN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
26 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF FINLAND
26 February 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS BY ROMANIA ON MOVING FORWARD WORK IN CONFERENCE
26 February 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS MAIN ANNUAL SESSION FROM 2 TO 27 MARCH
25 February 2009
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS SAYS POLICE KILLINGS IN KENYA ARE "SYSTEMATIC, WIDESPREAD AND CAREFULLY PLANNED"
25 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF SURINAME
24 February 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DECIDES TO HOLD PUBLIC PLENARY ON SATURDAY 7 MARCH TO HEAR ADDRESS BY RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
24 February 2009
HIGH COMMISSIONER MAKES CONCRETE PROPOSALS TO COMBAT RACISM
24 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF TURKEY
24 February 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 February 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GAMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
23 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HOLDS FIRST MEETING
23 February 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISES ON HUMAN RIGHTS
23 February 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION ON IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISES ON HUMAN RIGHTS
20 February 2009
NEGOTIATIONS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONTINUE UNDER A NEW CHAIR OF THE CCW GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS GROUP
20 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DECIDES TO DRAFT GUIDANCE DOCUMENT ON STATES' OBLIGATION TO UNDERTAKE SPECIAL MEASURES
20 February 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS FINANCIAL CRISIS THREATENS HUMAN RIGHTS OF POOREST AND MOST MARGINALIZED
20 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF PAKISTAN
20 February 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES SPECIAL SESSION ON THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISES ON HUMAN RIGHTS
20 February 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SPECIAL SESSION ON THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISES ON HUMAN RIGHTS
20 February 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF CONGO
19 February 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
19 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HOLDS FIRST SESSION FROM 23 TO 27 FEBRUARY 2009
18 February 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY CO-CHAIRS OF GENEVA DISCUSSIONS
18 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF BULGARIA
17 February 2009
UN SUB-COMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE CONCLUDES SEVENTH SESSION, ANNOUNCES PROGRAMME OF WORK IN THE FIELD FOR 2009
17 February 2009
UN EXPERT ON ADEQUATE HOUSING TO VISIT MALDIVES
17 February 2009
UN REPORT SAYS AFGHAN CIVILIAN CASUALTIES ROSE 40 PER CENT IN 2008
17 February 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION ON IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRISES ON REALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
17 February 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENT BY NORWEGIAN DEPUTY DEFENCE MINISTER
17 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF TUNISIA
17 February 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION, ADOPTS AGENDA AND PROGRAMME OF WORK
13 February 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT TO VISIT MYANMAR FROM 14-19 FEBRUARY
13 February 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 February 2009
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS TO VISIT KENYA
13 February 2009
PEACE-BUILDING EFFORTS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC MUST INCLUDE DISPLACED, SAYS UN EXPERT
12 February 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES NEW ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT TO RESTORE RULE OF LAW, PROVIDE JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS
12 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION MEETS IN GENEVA FROM 16 FEBRUARY TO 6 MARCH 2009
12 February 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND OUTER SPACE
11 February 2009
UN EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS CALLS CHAD TO MEET ITS RESPONSIBILITY (en français seulement)
10 February 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 February 2009
UN EXPERTS DEEPLY CONCERNED AT SUPPRESSION OF CRITICISM AND UNABATED IMPUNITY IN SRI LANKA
9 February 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ROMANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 February 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TIMOR-LESTE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 February 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAYSIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
6 February 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL MASTER PLAN AT UN HEADQUARTERS
6 February 2009
UN COMMITTEE SAYS WOMEN’S RIGHTS WERE SERIOUSLY VIOLATED DURING GAZA CONFLICT
6 February 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES RELEASE OF COLOMBIAN HOSTAGES
6 February 2009
BILINGUAL HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
6 February 2009
UN COMMITTEE CONCERNED ABOUT IMPACT OF FINANCIAL CRISIS ON RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS
6 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FORTY-THIRD SESSION
6 February 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 February 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM MALAYSIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
4 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF RWANDA
3 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF GUATEMALA
3 February 2009
UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR LAUNCHES HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN
3 February 2009
FOREIGN MINISTER OF BANGLADESH ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
3 February 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF ALARMED BY DETERIORATING SITUATION IN SOUTH DARFUR
3 February 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 February 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF GERMANY
2 February 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR LAUNCHING THE GAZA FLASH APPEAL
2 February 2009
UN EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED TO VISIT THE REPUBLIC OF CHAD
30 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SECOND SESSION
30 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES FIFTIETH SESSION
30 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS SEVEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
30 January 2009
PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON 30 JANUARY IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND ON GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES
30 January 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 January 2009
UN EXPERT ON ADEQUATE HOUSING SAYS FORCED EVICTIONS IN CAMBODIA LEAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HOMELESS
29 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HEARS PRESENTATIONS ON WORK OF SOCIAL FORUM, MINORITIES FORUM AND EXPERT MECHANISM ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
29 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD HOLDS FIFTH INFORMAL MEETING WITH STATES PARTIES
29 January 2009
DAVOS - TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON FLASH APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN GAZA
29 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RULES OF PROCEDURE AND METHODS OF WORK
29 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF LIBYA
29 January 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF DEPLORES DETERIORATING SITUATION FOR CIVILIANS IN SRI LANKA
29 January 2009
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $ 460.7 MILLION
28 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF CAMEROON
28 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
28 January 2009
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS AFFECTED BY LEPROSY, HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
28 January 2009
LEADING CORPORATE LAW FIRMS TO ADVISE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
27 January 2009
ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES GENDER MAINSTREAMING AND PROMOTION OF A DEMOCRATIC AND EQUITABLE INTERNATIONAL ORDER
27 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF HAITI
27 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF TUNISIA ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
27 January 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT FEARS MORE DISPLACEMENT IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
27 January 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PREPARATION OF STUDY ON BEST PRACTICES ON QUESTION OF MISSING PERSONS
27 January 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM NEPAL, REPUBLIC Of KOREA AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION
27 January 2009
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ALARMED BY HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
27 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP TO HOLD FOURTH SESSION IN GENEVA
26 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXCHANGES VIEWS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM FIVE COUNTRIES
26 January 2009
CHILDREN’S COMMITTEE EXAMINES REPORTS OF MALDIVES ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS TO CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF CHILD
26 January 2009
UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION CONCLUDES VISIT TO MALTA
26 January 2009
STATEMENT BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST
26 January 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COLOMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
26 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADIVSORY COMMITTEE OPENS SECOND SESSION
23 January 2009
TWO UN EXPERTS OFFER TO HELP RESOLVE OUTSTANDING ISSUES RELATED TO THE CLOSURE OF GUANTANAMO
23 January 2009
KILLING OF 33 CIVILIANS IN DARFUR CAMP WAS UNLAWFUL, SAYS UN REPORT
23 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN REVIEWS REPORT OF ARMENIA
23 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
23 January 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 January 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF WELCOMES DECISION TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO
22 January 2009
REPRESENTATIVES OF SIX COUNTRIES ADDRESS DEADLOCK IN CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT, URGE IT TO MOVE FORWARD
22 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOLD SECOND SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 26 TO 30 JANUARY 2009
21 January 2009
JOINT INSPECTION UNIT CONCLUDES WINTER SESSION
21 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
21 January 2009
CEREMONY TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST TO BE HELD ON 27 JANUARY
21 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS IMPLEMENTATION OF COVENANT IN DOMINICA
20 January 2009
NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN ON OUTCOME DOCUMENT FOR DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE
20 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ELECTS NEW BUREAU
20 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORTS OF REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA UNDER CONVENTION AND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
20 January 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS 2009 SESSION
20 January 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FORTY-THIRD SESSION
19 January 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONGO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
19 January 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
19 January 2009
UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO VISIT MALTA
16 January 2009
MEMBER OF GROUP OF HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS TO VISIT THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
16 January 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF THE NETHERLANDS ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
16 January 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BHUTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
16 January 2009
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF INDIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
15 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF THE NETHERLANDS, INCLUDING NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA
15 January 2009
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO HOLD FIRST PUBLIC PLENARY OF 2009 SESSION ON 20 JANUARY
15 January 2009
COMMITTEE MONITORING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS FORTY-THIRD SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 19 JANUARY TO 6 FEBRUARY 2009
14 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF CHAD
13 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF MALAWI
13 January 2009
EFFECTS OF GAZA CONFLICT ON CHILDREN "DEVASTATING", SAYS UN COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
13 January 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 January 2009
SPECIAL SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON GRAVE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN GAZA STRIP
12 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DECIDES TO DISPATCH FACT-FINDING MISSION TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS AGAINST PALESTINIANS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY
12 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS FIFTIETH SESSION
9 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES TO DISCUSS CRISIS SITUATION IN GAZA
9 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SPECIAL SESSION ON SITUATION IN GAZA STRIP
9 January 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 January 2009
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN GAZA STRIP
8 January 2009
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD HOLDS FIFTIETH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 12 TO 30 JANUARY 2009
7 January 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN GAZA ON 9 JANUARY 2009
6 January 2009
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 January 2009
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN MIDDLE EAST CRISIS
28 December 2008
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF EXPRESSES HER GRAVE CONCERN IN THE ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN GAZA
23 December 2008
UN EXPERT CALLS ON PARTIES TO THE SRI LANKAN CONFLICT TO BETTER PROTECT THE DISPLACED
23 December 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 December 2008
ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST DO MORE, SAY FOUR UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS
22 December 2008
UN EXPERTS WELCOME THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA TO CLOSE THE GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION FACILITY
19 December 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 December 2008
UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES WELCOMES REPORT ON DISAPPEARANCES IN NEPAL
19 December 2008
OFFICE OF UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS RELEASES REPORT ON DISAPPEARANCES IN NEPAL'S BARDIYA DISTRICT
18 December 2008
STATEMENT BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY
18 December 2008
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS DRAW ATTENTION TO SITUATION OF CHILDREN AFFECTED BY MIGRATION ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY 2008
17 December 2008
UN EXPERT PRAISES NICARAGUA FOR FORMALLY CONFIRMING LAND OWNERSHIP FOR INDIGENOUS GROUP
17 December 2008
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS DEEPLY REGRET OBSTRUCTION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL OF A PLANNED MISSION
17 December 2008
UN EXPERT ON RIGHT TO FOOD PRESENTS CONCLUSIONS OF REPORT ON THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
16 December 2008
TREATMENT OF UNITED NATIONS EXPERT “UNPRECEDENTED AND DEEPLY REGRETTABLE,” SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
16 December 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 December 2008
TRANSCRIPT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA ON 12 DECEMBER
12 December 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES COMMEMORATIVE SESSION FOR THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
12 December 2008
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL AND UN HIGH COMMISSIONER ADDRESS COMMEMORATIVE SESSION ON UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
12 December 2008
WORKING GROUP ON USE OF MERCENARIES TO HOLD FIFTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 15 TO 19 DECEMBER
12 December 2008
HIGH COMMISSIONER SAYS NEW INSTRUMENT FOR PROTECTION OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS CLOSES A HISTORIC GAP IN HUMAN RIGHTS
12 December 2008
SECOND GENEVA LECTURE ON “ARE HUMAN RIGHTS UNIVERSAL?” HELD ON 10 DECEMBER
12 December 2008
REMARKS OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO THE COMMEMORATIVE SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
12 December 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS COMMEMORATIVE SESSION FOR THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
12 December 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 December 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TUNISIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
11 December 2008
EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOMALIA SAYS THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL STATES
10 December 2008
“ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS: LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS RATHER THAN CHARITY” SAY UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS
9 December 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 December 2008
TEN YEARS ON, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONTINUE TO PAY A HIGH PRICE, FIVE UN AND REGIONAL MECHANISMS AND REPRESENTATIVES SAY
9 December 2008
“CORRUPTION AFFECTS DISPROPORTIONATELY PERSONS LIVING IN POVERTY, ESPECIALLY WOMEN”, SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT
9 December 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LIBERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 December 2008
STATEMENT BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON OCCASION OF SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
9 December 2008
THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS – SIXTY YEARS OF INSPIRATION AND EMPOWERMENT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
9 December 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD SESSION ON 12 DECEMBER FOR SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
9 December 2008
GAZA: SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION SAYS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
5 December 2008
UN SPECIAL ADVISER APPOINTED AS WORLD AMBASSADOR TO ‘PEACE AND SPORT’
5 December 2008
REFINEMENT, STRUCTURE AND FOCUS: MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CONCLUDES
5 December 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 December 2008
UN WORKING GROUP ON DISAPPEARANCES CONCLUDES SESSION AND ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT
4 December 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS AND ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS ROOM
4 December 2008
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON FOREIGN DEBT AND HUMAN RIGHTS : MISSED OPPORTUNITIES IN DOHA
3 December 2008
SOMALIA: UN EXPERT COMPLETES HIS SECOND FIELD VISIT
2 December 2008
UN MISSION IN IRAQ ISSUES HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR FIRST HALF OF 2008
2 December 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 December 2008
UN EXPERT URGES ACTION ON NEPAL’S COMMITMENT TO INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
1 December 2008
UN EXPERT ON TOXIC WASTE CONCLUDES FACT-FINDING MISSION TO THE NETHERLANDS
1 December 2008
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ASSOCIATION UNDER THREAT IN BURUNDI, UN EXPERT WARNS
1 December 2008
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS FOR CONCERTED ACTION TO END SLAVERY
1 December 2008
EIGHTH SPECIAL SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN EAST OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
1 December 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CALLS FOR THE IMMEDIATE END TO ALL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
1 December 2008
PHILIPPE DOUSTE-BLAZY WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY AS NEW AMBASSADOR FOR GLOBAL FUND AGAINST AIDS (French only)
1 December 2008
STATEMENT BY THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY
28 November 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SPECIAL SESSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
28 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES NINTH SESSION
28 November 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 November 2008
MIGRANTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES METHODS OF WORK, PROMOTION OF CONVENTION AND INTER-COMMITTEE ISSUES
28 November 2008
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CONCERNED ABOUT SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
28 November 2008
ARBITRARY ARREST AND DETENTION RIFE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF SUDAN, SAYS UN REPORT
27 November 2008
DECISIVE ACTION NEEDED TO END VIOLENCE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF
27 November 2008
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY WARNS SLAVERY IS THE REALITY OF MODERN DAY LIFE, IT IS NOT HISTORY
27 November 2008
UN EXPERT BACKS POWER SHARING AGREEMENT IN SOMALIA
27 November 2008
TWO UN EXPERTS WARN ABOUT ONGOING CRACKDOWN ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
27 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS MEETS WITH UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
27 November 2008
UN EXPERTS PANEL TO STUDY OVER 500 CASES OF DISAPPEARANCES
27 November 2008
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AND DIRECTOR OF GENEVA CENTRE FOR DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES CO-CHAIR SEMINAR
27 November 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP TO HOLD THIRD SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 1 TO 15 DECEMBER
27 November 2008
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEMBERS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 1 TO 5 DECEMBER
26 November 2008
UNITED NATIONS MIGRANTS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION, REFUGEES AND POPULATION
26 November 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE EAST OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
25 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF EL SALVADOR
25 November 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 November 2008
“VIOLENCE AGAINST IRAQI WOMEN CONTINUES UNABATED”, UN EXPERT SAYS
25 November 2008
COMBATING IMPUNITY VITAL IN EFFORT TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYS
24 November 2008
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE COMMEMORATED AT THE PALAIS DES NATIONS
24 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS OPENS NINTH SESSION
24 November 2008
UN EXPERT ON TOXIC WASTE TO VISIT THE NETHERLANDS
24 November 2008
UN EXPERT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO VISIT NEPAL
21 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-FIRST SESSION
21 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES FORTY-FIRST SESSION
21 November 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
20 November 2008
UN EXPERTS CALL FOR EUROPEAN ACTION TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST ROMA
20 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS TO HOLD NINTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 24 TO 28 NOVEMBER
20 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS DISCUSSION WITH SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE
20 November 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MOROCCO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
20 November 2008
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE TO BE COMMEMORATED ON 24 NOVEMBER AT PALAIS DES NATIONS
19 November 2008
SECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS $ 7 BILLION TO AID 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN 2009
19 November 2008
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE CONCLUDES MISSION TO EQUATORIAL GUINEA
18 November 2008
INVESTING IN SANITATION IS INVESTING IN HUMAN DIGNITY, SAYS UN EXPERT
18 November 2008
REMARKS BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT INAUGURATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS ROOM AT PALAIS DES NATIONS
18 November 2008
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE ISRAELI BLOCKADE OF GAZA
18 November 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH SUBCOMMITTE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE
18 November 2008
UN EXPERTS STRONGLY CONDEMN SEVERE CONVICTIONS AND UNFAIR TRIALS IN MYANMAR
17 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS GENERAL DISCUSSION ON DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON NON-DISCRIMINATION
17 November 2008
UN EXPERTS CALL ON ITALY TO UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS IN ITS RESPONSE TO IMMIGRATION AND IN FIGHTING MAFIA CRIMES AND TERRORISM
17 November 2008
REPRESENTATIVE OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED ABOUT ONGOING FORCED DISPLACEMENT CRISIS IN COLOMBIA
14 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP TO COMMUNICATIONS
14 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF KENYA
14 November 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 November 2008
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI TO VISIT THE COUNTRY FROM 17 TO 28 NOVEMBER (en français)
13 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF BELGIUM
13 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF KENYA
13 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF ANGOLA
13 November 2008
MESSAGE OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO 2008 MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
12 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF MONTENEGRO
12 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS EXAMINES REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES
12 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF BELGIUM
12 November 2008
MESSAGE OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO TENTH CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO CCW AMENDED PROTOCOL II
11 November 2008
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES AFGHAN GOVERNMENT TO HALT EXECUTIONS
11 November 2008
REMARKS OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE RENOVATION OF ROOM XX OF THE PALAIS DES NATIONS
11 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF MONTENEGRO
11 November 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 November 2008
DOHA: “NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY”, WARNS UN EXPERT
10 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS EXAMINES DOCUMENT PRESENTED BY UN INTERIM ADMINISTRATION MISSION IN KOSOVO
10 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF CHINA
10 November 2008
MESSAGE OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SECOND CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO CCW PROTOCOL V ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR
10 November 2008
CCW PROTOCOL V STATES PARTIES TO FURTHER ENHANCE IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM AT SECOND CONFERENCE
10 November 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SWITZERLAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
7 November 2008
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG MEETS WITH ALL GENEVA-BASED REGIONAL GROUPS
7 November 2008
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTREME POVERTY TO VISIT ECUADOR FROM 10 TO 14 NOVEMBER (Spanish only)
7 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF KAZAKHSTAN
7 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FORTY-SECOND SESSION
7 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORTS OF CHINA, INCLUDING HONG KONG AND MACAO SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGIONS
7 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF KENYA
7 November 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
6 November 2008
INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM TO MEET IN HYDERABAD FROM 3 TO 6 DECEMBER 2008
6 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF SERBIA
6 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF KAZAKHSTAN
6 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS EXAMINES REPORT OF SWEDEN
5 November 2008
KILLING OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONTINUES IN SOMALIA, WARNS UN EXPERT
5 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSE OF LITHUANIA
5 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS REVIEW OF REPORT OF SERBIA
5 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF NICARAGUA
5 November 2008
UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION CONCLUDES VISIT TO UKRAINE
4 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE STARTS REVIEW OF REPORT OF LITHUANIA
4 November 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 November 2008
STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT OPENING OF EXHIBIT MARKING INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE POTATO 2008
3 November 2008
UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES VISIT TO COLOMBIA
3 November 2008
UN EXPERT APPLAUDS THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN THE MALDIVES
3 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXAMINES REPORT OF PORTUGAL (French only)
3 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF MYANMAR
3 November 2008
NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
3 November 2008
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS OPENS FORTY-FIRST SESSION
3 November 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS FORTY-FIRST SESSION
3 November 2008
YOUTH ARE AMONG THE GREATEST BENEFICIARIES OF THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF SPORT SAYS UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE
3 November 2008
UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO VISIT ITALY
31 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF MADAGASCAR (French only)
31 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF EL SALVADOR
31 October 2008
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CONCLUDES VISIT TO LATVIA (French only)
31 October 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
31 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31 October 2008
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VOICES ALARM, CALLS FOR REFORM, AS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS RISE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
31 October 2008
GROUP OF EXPERTS OF HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TO MEET FROM 3 TO 7 NOVEMBER
30 October 2008
UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMES COLOMBIAN ARMY DISMISSALS OVER ALLEGED EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
30 October 2008
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RAPPORTEUR ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO VISIT TURKEY
30 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF BAHRAIN
30 October 2008
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS FORTY-FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 3 TO 21 NOVEMBER 2008
30 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HOLDS FORTY-FIRST SESSION FROM 3 TO 21 NOVEMBER 2008 IN GENEVA
30 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ROLE OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS
29 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP ON CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS
29 October 2008
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$ 888.6 MILLION
28 October 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTION
24 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONGOLIA
24 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
24 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXAMINES REPORT OF SLOVENIA (French only)
24 October 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 October 2008
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CONCLUDES VISIT TO ESTONIA (French only)
24 October 2008
UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE TO JOIN WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM'S GLOBAL AGENDA COUNCIL ON ROLE OF SPORTS IN SOCIETY
24 October 2008
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT UNITED NATIONS DAY OBSERVANCE
24 October 2008
TORTURE IS STILL A FREQUENT OR EVEN STANDARD PRACTICE IN MANY COUNTRIES, WARNS UN EXPERT
23 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS STRATEGIC APPROACH TO PUBLIC RELATIONS
23 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF KYRGYZSTAN
23 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN EXAMINES REPORT OF URUGUAY (French only)
23 October 2008
MARKETS ALONE CANNOT ENSURE HOUSING FOR ALL, UN EXPERT SAYS
22 October 2008
GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION CONCLUDES SIXTY-SIXTH SESSION
22 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF CANADA
22 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF ECUADOR
22 October 2008
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT CONDEMNS THE KILLING OF UN STAFF IN SOMALIA
21 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF BELGIUM
21 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF SPAIN
21 October 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 October 2008
UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO VISIT UKRAINE
21 October 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GRENADA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 October 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF JAMAICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 October 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
21 October 2008
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE TO VISIT EQUATORIAL GUINEA
21 October 2008
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION TO DISCUSS UPHOLDING HUMAN RIGHTS WHILE COUNTERING TERRORISM
20 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
20 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS FORTY-SECOND SESSION IN GENEVA
20 October 2008
SIXTY-SIXTH SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD ON 21 AND 22 OCTOBER
17 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF NICARAGUA
17 October 2008
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY
17 October 2008
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TO VISIT ESTONIA AND LATVIA
17 October 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS FROM 71 COUNTRIES TO ATTEND NAIROBI CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
17 October 2008
DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT KENYA
17 October 2008
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT COLOMBIA AND HAITI
16 October 2008
FINANCIAL CRISIS MUST NOT LESSEN OBLIGATION TO FIGHT POVERTY WARNS UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTREME POVERTY
16 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF JAPAN
16 October 2008
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE MONITORING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS FORTY-SECOND SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 20 OCTOBER TO 7 NOVEMBER 2008
16 October 2008
STATEMENT BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY
16 October 2008
UN EXPERTS ON THE USE OF MERCENARIES TO STUDY SITUATION IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
15 October 2008
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER FIRST SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS ON GEORGIA IN GENEVA
15 October 2008
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO FOOD SAYS NEW PRODUCTION SYSTEM NEEDED TO TACKLE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS
15 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF MONACO
14 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF DENMARK
14 October 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
13 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS NINETY-FOURTH SESSION AND HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
13 October 2008
STATEMENT BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT OPENING OF FUSION ENERGY CONFERENCE 2008
10 October 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 October 2008
INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTOR ORGANIZATION AND IAEA SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT IN GENEVA
9 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS NINETY-FOURTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 13 TO 31 OCTOBER 2008
9 October 2008
FOUR MEETINGS ON CONVENTION ON PROHIBITIONS ON THE USE OF CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER
7 October 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
7 October 2008
HIGH COMMISSIONER PILLAY HIGHLIGHTS PATTERN OF XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS AFTER BRUTAL KILLING OF SOMALI FAMILY IN SOUTH AFRICA
6 October 2008
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS ON STATES TO ACT ON PROMISES TO FIGHT RACISM AND INTOLERANCE
6 October 2008
STATEMENT BY 13 UN EXPERTS ON GLOBAL DETENTION INITIATIVE
6 October 2008
STATEMENT BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ADEQUATE HOUSING ON OCCASION OF WORLD HABITAT DAY
6 October 2008
GEORGIA: UN EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS SAYS SECURITY IS KEY TO RETURN
6 October 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S EXPERT MECHANISM ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CONCLUDES INAUGURAL SESSION IN GENEVA
3 October 2008
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES FORTY-NINTH SESSION
3 October 2008
NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER OF PALESTINE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
3 October 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PAKISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
3 October 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 September 2008
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS VISITS GEORGIA
29 September 2008
COMMITTEE EXAMINES REPORTS OF TANZANIA ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOLS TO CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF CHILD
29 September 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BRAZIL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
29 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S EXPERT MECHANISM ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO HOLD FIRST MEETING IN GENEVA
26 September 2008
UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO VISIT COLOMBIA IN OCTOBER
26 September 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
24 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES NINTH REGULAR SESSION
24 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS FIVE TEXTS, EXTENDS MANDATES OF SPECIAL PROCEDURES ON SUDAN AND BURUNDI
24 September 2008
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
24 September 2008
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
24 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS 19 TEXTS ON VARIOUS ISSUES
23 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION BY INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BURUNDI
23 September 2008
UN EXPERT WELCOMES RELEASE OF SEVEN PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE BY GOVERNMENT OF MYANMAR
23 September 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
23 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA, FOLLOW-UP TO DURBAN DECLARATION
22 September 2008
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONSIDERS REPORT OF BHUTAN
19 September 2008
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD HOLDS DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
19 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATIONS BY INDEPENDENT EXPERTS ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN LIBERIA AND SOMALIA
19 September 2008
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO PANEL DISCUSSION MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
19 September 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 September 2008
NEW SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION MAKES FIRST ADDRESS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
18 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STARTS GENERAL DEBATE ON FOLLOW-UP AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VIENNA DECLARATION AND PROGRAMME OF ACTION
18 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES REPORT OF FACT-FINDING MISSION TO BEIT HANOUN
18 September 2008
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF LITHUANIA ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
18 September 2008
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR DENOUNCES ANTI-INDIGENOUS ACTIONS IN BOLIVIA
17 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES AGENDA ITEMS ON HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS AND THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
17 September 2008
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF DJIBOUTI
17 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION
16 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS REQUIRING ITS ATTENTION
16 September 2008
CHILD RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXAMINES REPORTS OF UGANDA ON PROTOCOLS ON EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN AND CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
16 September 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
16 September 2008
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN PRESENTS REPORT TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
16 September 2008
NEW UN FIGURES SHOW SHARP RISE IN AFGHAN CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
16 September 2008
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE TO BE COMMEMORATED AT PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 19 SEPTEMBER
15 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REVIEWS MANDATES OF WORKING GROUP ON PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA
15 September 2008
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD EXAMINES REPORT OF AUSTRIA ON SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PROSTITUTION AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
15 September 2008
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT PANEL EVENT COMMEMORATING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY
15 September 2008
POLICE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF BRAZIL’S HOMICIDES, SAYS UNITED NATIONS EXPERT
15 September 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD OPENS ITS FORTY-NINTH SESSION
12 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REVIEWS MANDATE ON TOXIC WASTES
12 September 2008
UN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES EXPERT COMMEMORATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF ADOPTION OF UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
12 September 2008
STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO THE MINISTERIAL REVIEW SUMMIT ON THE GENEVA DECLARATION ON ARMED VIOLENCE AND DEVELOPMENT
12 September 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ANNUAL DICUSSION ON THE INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN ITS WORK
12 September 2008
LAST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR HYDERABAD FORUM ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE TO BE HELD IN GENEVA
10 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY, CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY AND SALE OF CHILDREN
10 September 2008
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF CONCLUDES VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN
10 September 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UZBEKISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
10 September 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
10 September 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SUDAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
10 September 2008
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD HOLDS FORTY-NINTH SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 15 SEPTEMBER TO 3 OCTOBER 2008
10 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES RIGHT TO FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS
10 September 2008
REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT OPENING OF EXHIBITION ON THE LIFE OF NELSON MANDELA
9 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND EFFECT OF TOXIC WASTE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
9 September 2008
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CLOSES 2008 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION
9 September 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
9 September 2008
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CLOSES 2008 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION
9 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS PRESENTATION BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
8 September 2008
GROUP OF EXPERTS SEARCHING FOR A COMPROMISE TOWARDS A NEW PROTOCOL ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONCLUDE SESSION
8 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DETERMINES ORDER OF REVIEW OF STATES AND TROIKAS FOR UPCOMING UNIVERSAL PERIDOIC REVIEW SESSIONS
8 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS NINTH SESSION AND HEARS ADDRESS BY NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
8 September 2008
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NAVI PILLAY ADDRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IN FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE
8 September 2008
UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITY ISSUES COMMENCES VISIT TO GREECE
5 September 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
4 September 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS NINTH REGULAR SESSION FROM 8 TO 26 SEPTEMBER
3 September 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FINLAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
3 September 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
2 September 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
2 September 2008
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF TO VISIT TURKMENISTAN
2 September 2008
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON SITUATION IN GEORGIA AND ON DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT OF CONFERENCE TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2 September 2008
DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT GUATEMALA
1 September 2008
NEW UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES UP HER POST
1 September 2008
REMARKS BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT CEREMONY IN GENEVA TO COMMEMORATE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF BOMBING OF UN HEADQUARTERS IN BAGHDAD
1 September 2008
REMARKS BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN UNCTAD AND IRAQ
1 September 2008
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON HELD IN GENEVA ON 31 AUGUST 2008
1 September 2008
STATEMENT BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
29 August 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 August 2008
STATEMENT BY UN WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE DISAPPEARED
29 August 2008
UN SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE TO RUN FOR UNHCR IN THE NIKE+ HUMAN RACE
28 August 2008
NEGOTIATIONS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS IN THE CONVENTION ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS ENTER A DECISIVE STAGE
27 August 2008
OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS FOR RESTRAINT IN INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR
26 August 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
26 August 2008
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM GEORGIA AND RUSSIA ON CONFLICT IN SOUTH OSSETIA
26 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL CONCERNED BY CLEAR BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN NEW LIBERIA DEATH PENALTY LEGISLATION
26 August 2008
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONCLUDES VISIT TO BRAZIL
25 August 2008
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT WELCOMES LANDING OF RELIEF VESSELS IN GAZA
25 August 2008
2008 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA
22 August 2008
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERT MEETING CONCLUDES
22 August 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
22 August 2008
MULTISTAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP RENEWED TO PREPARE INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM MEETING IN HYDERABAD, INDIA
21 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT WELCOMES SOMALI AGREEMENT AND CALLS FOR RESPECT OF LAW
20 August 2008
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON STALEMATE IN ITS WORK AND THE CONFLICT IN GEORGIA
19 August 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
19 August 2008
THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC) CELEBRATES ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN GENEVA ON SUNDAY 31ST AUGUST BEFORE CONVENING ITS 29TH PLENARY MEETING
19 August 2008
STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CANAL HOTEL IN BAGHDAD
15 August 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION
15 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONCLUDES FIRST SESSION
15 August 2008
THE POWER OF SPORT IS CRITICAL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE
15 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON SUB-COMMISSION STUDIES, SELF DETERMINATION AND OTHER ISSUES
15 August 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 August 2008
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE DISCUSSES URGENT ACTION PROCEDURE AND ARTICLE 15 QUESTIONS
15 August 2008
UN EXPERT CALLS FOR END TO IMPUNITY FOR ATTACKS ON EDUCATORS
15 August 2008
SEVEN COORDINATORS ON AGENDA ITEMS OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT REPORT TO THE CONFERENCE
14 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ADOPTS EIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON RIGHT TO FOOD, MISSING PERSONS, LEPROSY AND OTHER ISSUES
14 August 2008
THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO ITS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS
14 August 2008
UN EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS CONCERNED ABOUT SITUATION IN GEORGIA
14 August 2008
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERTS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 18 TO 22 AUGUST
14 August 2008
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS GEORGIA SAY RUSSIAN FORCES GUILTY OF TARGETING CIVILIANS; RUSSIA ALLEGES GEORGIAN POLICY OF ETHNIC CLEANSING
13 August 2008
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO VISIT BRAZIL
13 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROGRAMME OF WORK
13 August 2008
UN EXPERT WELCOMES RATIFICATION OF NEW CONSTITUTION IN MALDIVES
12 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES STUDIES PREPARED BY THE SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
12 August 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORTS OF SWEDEN
12 August 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
12 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES STUDIES PREPARED BY THE SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
11 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE
11 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RIGHT TO FOOD AND RULES OF PROCEDURE
11 August 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORTS OF SWITZERLAND
8 August 2008
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TOXIC WASTE CONCLUDES HIS MISSION TO CÔTE D’IVOIRE
8 August 2008
OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES RESTRAINT AND SAFEGUARDS FOR CIVILIANS IN SOUTH OSSETIA CONFLICT
8 August 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORTS OF AUSTRIA
8 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES THE RIGHT TO FOOD
8 August 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 August 2008
UN EXPERT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DENOUNCES HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE CHARCO LA PAVA COMMUNITY IN PANAMA
8 August 2008
UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT CONCLUDES VISIT TO MYANMAR
7 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS AFFECTED BY LEPROSY
7 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROMOTION OF A DEMOCRATIC AND EQUITABLE INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND MISSING PERSONS
6 August 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS THE SITUATION IN PERU
6 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN
6 August 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF GERMANY
6 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN
5 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RIGHT TO FOOD
5 August 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION DISCUSSES STATES' OBLIGATION TO UNDERTAKE SPECIAL MEASURES
5 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
5 August 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
5 August 2008
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENT FROM COLOMBIA
5 August 2008
JOINT UNITED NATIONS STATEMENT ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
4 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS WORKING METHODS
4 August 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
4 August 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OPENS FIRST SESSION
4 August 2008
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TOXIC WASTE VISITS COTE D'IVOIRE FROM 4 TO 8 AUGUST (French only)
31 July 2008
FIRST MISSION OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR
31 July 2008
NEW MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO ASSUME FUNCTIONS ON 1 AUGUST 2008
31 July 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF TOGO
31 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 4 TO 15 AUGUST 2008
30 July 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF NAMIBIA
29 July 2008
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, INDIA AND CHINA
29 July 2008
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ECUADOR
29 July 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
29 July 2008
UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT US$982.3 MILLION
28 July 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION IN GENEVA
25 July 2008
FURTHER PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS A NEW PROTOCOL ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
25 July 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
25 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES NINETY-THIRD SESSION
24 July 2008
UN PANEL ON DISAPPEARANCES TO HOLD 85TH SESSION IN BUENOS AIRES
24 July 2008
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION MEETS IN GENEVA FROM 28 JULY TO 15 AUGUST 2008
24 July 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MADAGASCAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
24 July 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GABON PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
23 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT
23 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS REPORT ON FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSES REPORT ON FOLLOW-UP TO VIEWS
22 July 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
21 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ITS PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGY
18 July 2008
UN EXPERT GROUP ON DISAPPEARANCES TO VISIT ARGENTINA
18 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES ITS DEBATE ON STATES PARTIES' OBLIGATIONS UNDER COMPLAINT MECHANISM
18 July 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 July 2008
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED EUROPEAN UNION RETURN DIRECTIVE
16 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON STATES PARTIES' OBLIGATIONS UNDER COMPLAINT MECHANISM
15 July 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
15 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF IRELAND
15 July 2008
UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERTS CONCERNED ABOUT STIGMATIZATION OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY IN ITALY
14 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES OUTCOME OF INTERCOMMITTEE MEETING; CONTINUES ITS REVIEW OF ITS WORKING METHODS
11 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF SAN MARINO
11 July 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF FRANCE
9 July 2008
UN EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR CONTINUED ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS IN MADAGASCAR (French only)
9 July 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BURUNDI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 July 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
9 July 2008
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF VENEZUELA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
8 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
8 July 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
8 July 2008
OPENING REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO UNITED NATIONS- ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE GENERAL MEETING
8 July 2008
INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOMALIA CONDEMNS KILLING OF UNDP CHIEF IN MOGADISHU
7 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS NINETY-THIRD SESSION
7 July 2008
REMARKS BY UNOG DIRECTOR-GENERAL TO THE 2008 TRIPARTITE MEETING
7 July 2008
CCW EXPERTS MEETING ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR CONCLUDES, EVALUATING FIRST YEAR OF PROTOCOL'S OPERATION
4 July 2008
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES CONCLUDES VISIT TO DAMASCUS
4 July 2008
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
3 July 2008
UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT CONCERNED ABOUT “FORGOTTEN VICTIMS” OF AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT
3 July 2008
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CONCERNED ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS IN MONGOLIA
3 July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HOLDS ITS NINETY-THIRD SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 7 TO 25 JULY 2008
3 July 2008
GROUP OF EXPERTS TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION TO MEET FROM 7 TO 25 JULY TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
1 July 2008
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UN EXPERT CALLS FOR DURABLE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE DISPLACED BY RECENT FLOODS IN MOZAMBIQUE
1 July 2008
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES CONCLUDES VISIT TO AMMAN

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