Edited News , Conferences | OHCHR , UNOG
At the opening of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk called for a solution based on the rights, needs and aspirations of the Ukrainian people.
Edited News , Conferences | HRC
World’s ‘warmongers’ must stop, UN chief tells Human Rights Council
With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the day since the full-scale Russian invasion - UN chief António Guterres on Monday scorned the...
Edited News , B-roll , Conferences | HRC
High-level representatives of the UN and its Member States arriving at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to attend the world's top human rights forum.
Statements , Conferences | HRC
Continuity of statements - Opening session of the Human Rights Council - 58th Session
Edited News | OCHA , UNICEF , UNWOMEN
In the almost three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s people have endured “psychological terror…displacement and hardship”, top UN aid coordinator Matthias Schmale said on Friday.
Press Conferences | HRC , ITU , OCHA , UNHCR , UNICEF , UNWOMEN , WHO
Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High...
Press Conferences | HRC
President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Jürg Lauber, on the 58th session of the Human Rights Council due to start on 24...
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
At the bi-weekly press briefing the UN Human Rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani made the following comments: “The situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is deteriorating sharply, resulting in serious human rights violations and abuses, such as summary executions,...
Press Conferences | OHCHR , UNHCR , IFRC , UNECE , UNESCO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High...
Edited News | UNHCR , OHCHR
DR Congo: Children executed in Bukavu, UN Human Rights office says
The UN Human Rights office, OHCHR, confirmed cases of summary execution of children by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia after they captured the provincial capital of Bukavu at the week-end.