PRESS RELEASE Groups Urge Removal of “Anti-NGO Clause” and Reinstatement of Annan’s 2/3 Threshold for Member Elections Geneva, March 2, 2006 – Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) today
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Feb 23, 2006 – Today’s proposed UN resolution to replace the world body’s discredited human rights commission with a new council offers some
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Feb. 20, 2006 – Three human rights groups today urged the President of the General Assembly and the United Nations to reject last-minute
An international injustice that has persisted for decades may soon come to an end. On December 5th and 6th, here in Geneva, a Diplomatic Conference
After Zimbabwe was accused yesterday of rights abuses by an international coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) led by UN Watch, the Mugabe government’s Geneva representative
Anyone questioning the necessity of Kofi Annan’s proposed overhaul of the 53-member U.N. Commission on Human Rights need only look to the results of its
News: The Commission on Human Rights, the central human rights event on the UN calendar, opens its annual six-week session on 17 March. Analysis: Every
The first Preparatory Committee for next year’s World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance has just concluded at the UN in Geneva.
The quadrennial International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent concluded on Saturday in Geneva. Among the resolutions passed was a renewed commitment to
While Telecom ’99 fever consumes Geneva, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), also based here, is gearing up for its quadrennial International Conference.
Today, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), meeting in Geneva, will vote on the recommendation of its Committee on NGOs to de-accredit a human
At the end of this summer, a meeting of Government experts will be held in Geneva to discuss the issue of the emblems used to