UN Human Rights Council

United Nations, Feb 27: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel next week to Geneva and Madrid and then to Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Algeria, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said here. "He will also designate the West-Eastern Divan…

New York, Jan 25: The Sri Lankan government should fulfil its commitments to the UN Human Rights Council by ensuring that foreign judges and prosecutors play a significant role in the mandated accountability mechanism for wartime abuses,…

United Nations, Nov 10: India has been reelected by the General Assembly to a six year term on the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). After the election Monday, India's Mission to the UN said in a statement that "it…

United Nations, Oct 29: Pakistan lost its bid tuesday to be re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council when its current term ends this year. It polled just 105 votes in the 193-member General Assembly. Pakistan was considering running for…