30 September 2015 Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Colleagues and friends, First of all, I wanted to congratulate our hosts for this timely initiative on a very topical issue. I also would like...

Excellencies, Mr. Mayor, Madame Attorney General Distinguished guests, Colleagues and friends, Millions of desperate people on the march, driven to flee all that they have ever known by searing...

What Role for the Security Council? 29 September 2015 Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, Many of us are familiar with Dag Hammarskjöld's statement that the United Nations was created “to save...

25th UN International Day of Older Persons - Thursday 1 October 2015 GENEVA (29 September 2015) – Speaking ahead of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the International Day of Older Persons*...

29 September 2015 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights yesterday and today considered the combined second to fourth periodic reports Guyana. Raphael Trotman, Member of Parliament and...

GENEVA (29 September 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Juan E. Méndez will carry out a follow-up visit to Ghana from 4 to 7 October 2015, to discuss and assess the level of implementation of...

GENEVA (29 September 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today expressed deep concern about the human rights situation in Afghanistan's northeastern city of Kunduz...

Mr. President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It is my pleasure to participate in this first inter-active dialogue on Ukraine, mandated by Human Rights Council resolution 29/23. OHCHR has...

MIDDAY 29 September 2015 The Human Rights Council at its noon meeting heard the presentation of a report and a study on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, followed...

29 September 2015 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the initial reports of Cuba on how the country is implementing the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child...