Edited News | UNITED NATIONS
Venezuela: Human Rights Council-appointed fact-finding report urges accountability for crimes against humanity. Rights violations against anti-Government protesters in Venezuela “amounted to crimes against humanity”, UN-appointed rights investigators have said in their first report.
Press Conferences | OHCHR
Launch of the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (FFM)
Press Conferences | OHCHR
Launch of report by the Commission of Inquiry on Syria investigating human rights violations in Syria
Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNICEF , UNHCR , WHO , WFP , UNCTAD , ILO , WMO , FAO
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World...
Edited News | WMO
Hottest summer on record in north fuels concerns over wildfire destruction on US west coast. The northern hemisphere has just had its hottest summer and warmest August on record, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday, amid searing conditions that have contributed to devastating...
Statements | OHCHR
Michelle Bachelet opening statement at the 45th session of the Human Rights Council - Continuity
Edited News | OHCHR
Belarus concerns lead opening session of Human Rights Council. UN Member States gathered in person in Geneva on Monday for a new session of the Human Rights Council; proceedings began with a decision to hold a rare Urgent Debate on the situation in Belarus.
Edited News | UNHCR , WHO
Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNHCR , OCHA , WHO , UNOG , UNDP
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Commissioner...
Press Conferences | OHCHR
HRC Press conference of Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger (Austria) in advance of 45th Session