Category: Diplomatic Pouch

Human Rights Council HRC/12/85 MORNING 2 July 2012 Text UN Photo Action Press/P.Virot The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with Richard Falk, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Mr. Falk, introducing his report, said that Israel continued to refuse to cooperate with the mandate and expressed concern about Israel’s frequent use of administrative detention, and the expansion of Israeli settlements and related violence by Israeli…

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Carlos Slim Helú is scheduled to engage in an open debate with the Geneva public on 11 June, in the context of the next edition of the UNOG-UNITAR Geneva Lecture Series. Interested participants are invited to register online before 4 June! This next edition of the UNOG-UNITAR Geneva Lecture Series, organized with the support of the International Telecommunication Union and the Series partners and featuring Carlos Slim, is entitled “How are new technologies impacting business and changing the world?”…

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