Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It is my pleasure to welcome you to this launch event of OHCHR’s Information Series on sexual and reproductive health and rights. I am particularly pleased to...

Exhibition and Side Event Hosted by the Nippon Foundation and the Government of Japan Palais des Nations, 17 June 2015 Thank you, Chair, and thanks to the Nippon Foundation, the Government of Japan...

17 June 2015 Mr President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my pleasure to be here with you today. As I took office in August 2014, this is the first time I am...

Climate Change and Human Rights This year, World Environment Day occurs during a meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP), which is meeting in Bonn, Germany...

GENEVA 2 June 2015 - A number of free trade and investment agreements, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), are currently being...

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Second Session 19 May 2003 11th & 12th Meetings (AM & PM) As the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues continued its second session today with a discussion on...