http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/ United Nations Photo Copyright 2010 Department of Public Information, United Nations Sat, 18 May 2013 13:59:11 -0400 en-us http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507951 A wide view of the Human Rights Council at its 19th regular session. During the day’s meetings Members considered the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) reports of Ireland, Swaziland, Syria and Thailand, among others, as part of the Council's process to periodically review the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:59:11 GMT http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507951 http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:490/490408 Laura Dupuy Lasserre, President of the Human Rights Council, opens a meeting on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Syria, during the Council’s 12th UPR session. Each of the UN’s 193 Member States undergoes a review of its human rights record under the UPR mechanism. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:59:11 GMT http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:490/490408 http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:490/490410 Nicolás Maduros Moros, Minister of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, addresses a meeting of the Human Rights Council on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Syria, in Geneva, Switzerland. Under the Council’s UPR mechanism, each UN Member State undergoes a review of its human rights record. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:59:11 GMT http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:490/490410 http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507952 Alexis Uslugin, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN Office at Geneva, addresses the Human Rights Council during its 19th regular session. Reports on the human rights records, known as Universal Periodic Reviews (UPRs), of various countries, including Syria, were presented to the Council. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:59:11 GMT http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507952 http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507954 Douglas M. Griffiths, Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN Office at Geneva, addresses the Human Rights Council during its 19th regular session. Reports on the human rights records, known as Universal Periodic Reviews (UPRs), of various countries, including Syria, were presented to the Council. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:59:11 GMT http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507954 http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507955 A representative of China addresses the Human Rights Council during its 19th regular session. Reports on the human rights records, known as Universal Periodic Reviews (UPRs), of various countries, including Syria, were presented to the Council. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:59:11 GMT http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507955 http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507957 Abbas Bagherpour Ardekani, Deputy Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN Office at Geneva, addresses the Human Rights Council during its 19th regular session. Reports on the human rights records, known as Universal Periodic Reviews (UPRs), of various countries, including Syria, were presented to the Council. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:59:11 GMT http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507957 http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507953 Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui (right), Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), addresses the Human Rights Council during its consideration of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report on his country. UPRs are conducted by the Council to review the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:59:11 GMT http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507953 http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507956 Faysal Khabbaz Hamoui, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), addresses the Human Rights Council during its consideration of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report on his country. UPRs are conducted by the Council to review the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:59:11 GMT http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:507/507956 http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:490/490409 Faysal Mekdad, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic, addresses a meeting of the Human Rights Council on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of his country, in Geneva, Switzerland. Under the Council’s UPR mechanism, each UN Member State undergoes a review of its human rights record. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:59:11 GMT http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?query=identifer:490/490409