The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Gabon on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In the presentation of the report, Alexandre Desire Tapoyo, Minister for Human Rights, Equal…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Ukraine on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Vasyl Shevchenko, First Deputy Minister for Social Policy of…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Kenya on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Githu Muigai, Attorney-General of Kenya, said that Kenya had been one of the first States to…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined nineteenth to twenty-first report of the Netherlands on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Following the 2010…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first and twenty-second report of Norway on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Solveig Horne, Minister of…

Informal Group of Observer States Presents a Working Paper on the Enlargement of the Conference The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from Japan commemorating the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, from the new Permanent Representative of…

The 2015 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 10 to 14 August 2015 as part of an inter-sessional programme which seeks to discuss, and promote common understanding and effective action on issues identified for inclusion in the…

Hears statements from United Nations Partners and Non-Governmental Organizations The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning opened its fourteenth session with an address by a representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee adopted its agenda and…

Hears Statements from the Netherlands as President of the Conference, Iran, Austria, India and Mexico The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon adopted the report of the Co-Chair of the Informal Working Group on a Programme of Work, hearing statements by the Netherlands as President of the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard from civil society stakeholders from Norway and the Netherlands, ahead of reviews of their reports this week. Speakers said a strong anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiment was rising in the political discourse in Norway…