By Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights February 2005 In the coming days the international community will have the chance to start putting in place a reinvigorated system...

1 February 2005 I have learned with serious concern of the decision taken today by King Gyanendra of Nepal to dismiss the Government of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and to assume direct power. I...

29 August 2003 Following is the statement delivered by Ms. Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General, at the Palais des Nations on the occasion of the ceremony for the victims of the attack of the...

29 August 2003 The acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, condemns the shocking act of terrorism that claimed the life of Ayatollah Mohamed Baker al-Hakim and...

Palais des Nations, 29 August, 2003 Remarks of Bertrand Ramcharan, Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Ceremony in Honour of Colleagues fallen or wounded in Baghdad Deputy Secretary...

29 August 2003 Following is the address by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the memorial service held today at the Palais des Nations for those...

28 August 2003 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the memorial service honouring victims of the bombing of the United Nations mission in Iraq, delivered by Terje Roed-Larsen...

26 August 2003 The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Antoanella-Iulia Motoc, will visit that country from 26...

26 August 2003 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, is hosting a celebration of Sergio Vieira de Mello’s life on Thursday 28 August at 19.00 hrs at the Geneva...

26 August 2003 This is to inform correspondents that a ceremony for the victims of the 19 August attack on UN Headquarters in Baghdad will take place on Friday, 29 August at 11 a.m. in the Assembly...