Fifth session, Salle XII, Palais des Nations, Monday 31 March 2008 Thank you Chairperson, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to join you today as you are about to...

31 March 2008 Thank you Chairpersons, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to welcome you to Palais Wilson, home of OHCHR, for the second meeting of the International Task Team...

28 March 2008 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour issued the following statement today: "I join in the condemnation, as expressed by the Secretary-General and the three...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 28 March 2008 The Human Rights Council this afternoon extended for three years the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to...

Geneva, 28 March 2008: - - Three UN Special Rapporteurs today issued a joint statement criticizing the provocative nature of a film depicting an extremely distorted vision of Muslims, and urging a...

Human Rights Council MORNING 28 March 2008 Texts also Adopted on Climate Change, Genocide, Enforced Disappearances, Extreme Poverty, Missing People, Rights of Child and Occupied Syrian Golan The Human...

Human Rights Council Provisional Roundup 28 March 2008 Establishes New Mandate on Access to Safe Drinking Water The Human Rights Council at its seventh regular session adopted 36 resolutions on a wide...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 27 March 2008 Texts also Adopted on Defamation of Religions, Right of Palestinian People to Self-Determination, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Right to Food...

Human Rights Council MORNING 27 March 2008 Texts also Adopted on Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism, the Staff of OHCHR, and Enhancement of International Cooperation in the Field of...