Edited News | OHCHR
UN human rights chief Volker Türk called on Thursday for an independent investigation into ongoing deadly violence against protesters in Iran, where security forces have used “live ammunition, birdshot and other metal pellets, teargas and batons”, he told the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Statements
35th Special Session of the Human Rights Council, on “the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran”
Statements
35th Special Session of the Human Rights Council, on “the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
Statements | OHCHR
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk address the UN Human Rights Council Special Session on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran 24 November 2022.
Edited News | OHCHR
UN Human Rights briefing spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on Iran
Edited News | OHCHR
Executions for drug-related offences have resumed in Saudi Arabia, UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell told the biweekly press briefing in Geneva.
Press Conferences | OCHA , OHCHR
Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of...
Press Conferences | UNCTAD
Launch of the UNCTAD report on Palestine to the UN General Assembly.
Edited News | UNCTAD
A “breakthrough” has been reached on the distribution of hundreds of thousands of Russian-made fertiliser blocked in European ports that are vital to avoid a global food crisis next year, a senior United Nations official said on Friday.
Press Conferences | UNCTAD , UNHCR , WHO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization.