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The United Nations Commission on Human Rights was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the UN Human Rights Council in 2006. It was a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which elected members through the mechanism of the United Nations Regional ...
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [a] is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. [2] The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. [3] The headquarters of the Council are at the United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland.
The United States Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. The U.S. delegation to the Human Rights Council is a part of the U.S. Mission Geneva, and other U.S. ambassadors stationed in Geneva are the United States ambassador to United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva (head of the overall mission, and not to be confused with the more ...
The Palace of Nations.The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.. While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.
Permanent Members Of the United Nations: 142. Romania: Cornel Feruță: 16 September 2022: Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations: 143. Russia: Vassily A. Nebenzia: 28 July 2017: Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations: 144. Rwanda: Ernest Rwamucyo: 7 December 2023: 145. Saint Kitts and Nevis: Mutryce ...
This category (and the referenced main article) includes those who have been United States Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council, with rank of Ambassador, and those who were United States Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, with or without ambassadorial rank.
Eleanor Roosevelt at United Nations for Human Rights Commission meeting in Lake Success, New York, in 1947. The UNHRC was established in 1946 by ECOSOC, and was one of the first two "Functional Commissions" set up within the early UN structure (the other being the Commission on the Status of Women).
Pages in category "United Nations Human Rights Committee members" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.