UNOG & OHCHR Chiefs Brief UN Member States on UN80 Impact on UN Human Rights Council & Architecture

On 5 November 2025, members and observers of the UN Human Rights Council held an informal conversation at the Palais des Nations in Geneva with the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Tatiana Valovaya, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. The President of the UN Human Rights Council, Jürg Lauber, chaired this informal conversation which focused on the UN80 initiative, including the revised 2026 budget recently submitted by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, ("revised estimates"), with particular focus on its implications for the UN Human Rights Council and the broader human rights framework in Geneva in the year 2026 and beyond. #UN80