New York 26 September 2012 Mr Secretary-General, Madam Director-General of UNESCO, Excellencies, Distinguished Participants, Today is a historic day when the central role of education in accelerating...

MORNING 25 September 2012 The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Verene Shepherd, Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent. Verene...

SARAJEVO (25 September 2012) – United Nations expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák, said today that damaging political, ethnic and religious divisions continue to exist in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and...

MIDDAY 25 September 2012 Hears Presentation of Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Complementary Standards The Human Rights Council today heard the presentation of a report from the Ad Hoc Committee on...

Opinion piece by Ms. Faiza Patel, UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries 25 September 2012 As the U.S. winds down its nine-year military presence in Iraq, the world risks forgetting a critical...

AFTERNOON 25 September 2012 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia. Surya Prasad Subedi, Special...

25 September 2012 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic reports of Albania on its implementation of the provisions of the...