UN Human Rights Council extends the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran 3/23/2018 7:43:28 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print The UN Human Rights Council decided to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran UN Human Rights Council- 23  March 20  18- GENEVA -  The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting adopted five resolutions in which it extended the mandates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria,  Iran , South Sudan and Myanmar. The Council decided by a vote of 21 in favour, 7 against and 19 abstentions, to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran for a further period of one year, and it requested the Special Rapporteur to submit a report on the implementation of the mandate at the Council’s fortieth session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session.

General Assembly demands all States comply with UN resolutions regarding status of Jerusalem 12/21/2017 7:10:06 PM Wide view of the General Assembly Hall. UN Photo UN News Center, 21 December 2017  – By an overwhelming majority, Member States in the  United Nations  General Assembly on Thursday “demanded” that all countries comply with Security Council resolutions regarding the status of Jerusalem. Through a resolution adopted by a recorded vote of 128 in favour to nine against, with 35 abstentions, the 193-member Assembly expressed “deep regret” over recent decisions concerning the status of Jerusalem and stressed that the Holy City “is a final status issue to be resolved through negotiations in line with relevant UN resolutions.” Action in the Assembly today follows a failed attempt by the Security Council on Monday adopt a similar text reflecting regret among the body’s members about “recent decisions regarding the status of Jerusalem,” with ...