Human Rights Council special session on Ukraine. (Credit: UN Photo/Jean Marc Fe

Human Rights Council kicks off. It will be the Council’s first session since Russia was stripped of its seat in April over the invasion of Ukraine. The meeting comes amid rising tensions between Moscow and Western countries. The four week session will have a packed agenda to go over with 90 reports presented by some 30 experts, but the UN high commissioner for human rights’, Michelle Bachelet, expected updates on Ukraine’s occupied Mariupol and her contested visit to China on the first day foreshadow a tense first week.

Hopes fly for WTO fishing subsidies’ deal. After talking about saving the world's fish stocks for 20 years, there is a whiff of optimism that the World Trade Organization (WTO) might be ready to clinch a deal to stop a fish meltdown on the planet. It is the first meeting held under director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who has repeatedly urged countries to hammer out a deal to eliminate harmful subsidies for fishing and prove to the world that the WTO can still deliver.

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📌13-15 June | Trade and Sustainability Hub. Hosted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), this hybrid event will focus on the WTO’s role in supporting sustainable trade and development ahead of the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference.

📌 13-14 June | Regional Workshop on Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation. This hybrid event on water and sanitation will also give participants the opportunity to hear from experts on environment, education, health, regional development and social protection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more events, visit the Genève Internationale website.