22 May 2008 GENEVA -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour warned Thursday that a failure to respond to the global food crisis in a comprehensive manner that encompasses the rights...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 22 May 2008 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the reports of the United States under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights...

Mr. President, Ms High Commissioner, Distinguished Members of the Human Rights Council, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me begin by saying how thankful I am to the Human Rights Council for...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 22 May 2008 Council Concludes Seventh Special Session The seventh Special Session of the Human Rights Council concluded today after adopting a resolution in which the...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 21 May 2008 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the consolidated second and third periodic report of Bulgaria on how that country is...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 20 May 2008 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning reviewed the third periodic report of Georgia on how that country is implementing the provisions...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 19 May 2008 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened it forty-eighth session, adopting its agenda and programme of work, and hearing an address...

Committee on the Rights of the Child 48th session, Geneva, 19 May 2008, 10 am Palais Wilson, Ground Floor Madame Chairperson, Distinguished members of the Committee, Ladies and gentlemen, It gives me...