Delegations Condemn the 29 May Missile Launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its first public plenary under the Slovakian Presidency in which numerous delegations condemned the 29 May ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard from civil society organizations from Australia, Uruguay and the Netherlands, whose reports will be considered by the Committee this week. Non-governmental organizations from Australia highlighted the fact that the…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opened its sixty-first session this morning, hearing opening remarks by Carla Edelenbos, Chief of the Petitions and Inquiries Section of the Human Rights Treaties Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined second to fourth periodic report of Antigua and Barbuda on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Maureen Hyman, Junior Minister in the Office of the Attorney General of…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the fifth periodic report of Mongolia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Mungunchimeg Sanjaa, Deputy Minister for Labour and Social Protection of Mongolia, said that the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Romania on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Gabriela Coman, President of the National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of the Child and…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of Qatar on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Ahmad Hassan Al-Hamadi, Secretary-General, Ministry of…

Delegations Express Condolences to the United Kingdom over the Terrorist Attack, Condemn Missile Launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the last public plenary under the Presidency of Senegal, in which numerous delegations expressed…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Lebanon on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Pierre Bou Assi, Minister for Social Affairs of Lebanon, introducing the report,…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Bhutan under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its initial reports under two Optional Protocols to the Convention, on the sale of children, child…