GENEVA (27 April 2020) – OECD Member States should consider establishing a mechanism to prevent conflict of interest of their National Contact Points (NPC’s) corporate review process to strengthen the...

French | Spanish Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 17 April 2020 Subject: DRC We are alarmed by the worsening security situation in...

This report includes an overview of challenges related to the diversion of small arms and light weapons at the national, regional and international levels. It provides an overview of good practices, lessons learned and recommendations on preventing and combating the diversion and illicit international transfer of small arms and light weapons to unauthorized recipients.

Arabic | Chinese | Spanish GENEVA (9 April 2020) ­– Tougher new regulations under Egypt’s sweeping anti-terrorism law further erode fundamental human rights and could result in more arbitrary...

Arabic | Chinese | French | Spanish Geneva, 6 April 2020 “I strongly condemn the shelling on Sunday of the Central Prison in Taiz, resulting in the deaths of five women and a child, and leaving at...

Security Council 27 January 2003 4692nd Meeting (AM) The Security Council this morning heard formal briefings by the heads of the weapons inspections regime in Iraq, Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei...

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27 January 2003 Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the Conference of Heads of State on Côte d’Ivoire in Paris on 25 January: We are gathered here today to...

24 January 2003 Two experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights have expressed serious concern over a proposed “indemnity ordinance” for soldiers allegedly involved in recent killings and...