Excellencies, Dear Colleagues, Bula Vinaka and Good Day. At the outset allow me to thank the United Nations Development Programme, and the Human Development Report Office, for organising this event...

Throughout the current crisis, the international statistics community has continued to work together, in partnership with national statistical offices and systems around the world to ensure that the...

Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 25 March 2021 Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, As United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – and as a...

Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 24 March 2021 I welcome these interesting discussions, and thank you for the invitation to participate in this vital event. This...

AFTERNOON 23 March 2021 Council Urges States to Immediately Take Steps to Prevent, within their Respective Legal Frameworks, Speculation and Undue Export Controls and Stockpiling that May Hinder...

17 March 2021 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the initial periodic report of Estonia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of...

GENEVA (16 March 2021) — The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its findings on Finland and Latvia, the two countries it examined during its session held virtually from...

14 March 2021 Greetings to all of you. It is a great pleasure to be able to take part in this festival. These events – which have become so important to the city of Geneva that we love – are very...

AFTERNOON 12 March 2021 Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar: International Community Must Act Together to Let the Myanmar Junta Know there are Consequences for its Crimes...