Tag: “UN resolution”

6th September 2016 Geneva, Switzerland

by Julian Braithwaite

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva

We Need More Naming And Praising In The Human Rights Council

Every year the Human Rights Council organises a retreat. Making the Council more effective is a favourite topic, and was so again last week in Evian. Many argue that the Human Rights Council is a victim of its own success. Never have its sessions had more resolutions, panels and side events. The Director General of […]

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24th October 2012

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Together against the Death Penalty

The UN General Assembly is currently discussing the terms of a  resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty. It is likely to go to a vote next month. The last time there was such a vote (in 2010), 109 states were in favour, 41 against, and 35 abstained. The United Kingdom and […]

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