The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined tenth and eleventh periodic report of the Czech Republic on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Andrea Baršová,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighth to tenth periodic report of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination…

The Committee against Torture met in public this afternoon to hear reports from the Rapporteurs on follow-up to implementation of recommendations and on reprisals against persons cooperating with the Committee. Jens Modvig, Committee Member and Rapporteur on follow-up in the fifty-fifth session,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined thirteenth to fifteenth reports of Suriname on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the report, Henry…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a meeting in which it discussed the report of the Co-Chair of the Informal Working Group on the Programme of Work, Ambassador of Finland Païvi Kairamo. It heard statements from Finland, India, United States, China, Mexico, Russia, Pakistan,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard from representatives of a non-governmental organization from Suriname, ahead of its review of its report later today. A representative of the Forest Peoples Programme said that in Suriname, indigenous and tribal people…

The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts in 2015 will take place at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 10 to 14 August 2015. Formally known as the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fifteenth to twenty-first reports of Niger on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Maiga Zeinabou Labo, General…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined nineteenth to twenty-second periodic reports of Costa Rica on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fifteenth to sixteenth reports of Colombia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the reports, Carmen…