Following is the message of the UN Secretary-General to the first Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons’ Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War, which was delivered by Timothy Caughley, Deputy Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament…

On 5 November 2007, the first Conference of the States Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War annexed to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) successfully concluded its meeting in Geneva. Under the presidency of Ambassador Johannes C. Landman of the Netherlands, the…

The Ninth Annual Conference of the States Parties to the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Amended Protocol II), annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be…

The Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) will be held from 7 to 13 November 2007 at the Palais des Nations in…

The First Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW), annexed to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), will be held on 5 November 2007 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Ambassador Johannes C. Landman of the Netherlands, who…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Georgia, Libya, Austria, Costa Rica and Algeria The Human Rights Committee today concluded its ninety-first session, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted by…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium), today concluded its sixty-fourth session. Representatives of Kuwait and Iraq addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening plenary meeting. At the…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its sixty-fourth session on 30 and 31 October 2007 under the Presidency of Ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium). During the session, the Governing Council will discuss various issues relating to the work of the…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $469,605,871 to four Governments for distribution to 32 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 10 claims in category E (claims of corporations, other private legal entities and public sector…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Venezuela, Bulgaria, France, Spain, Croatia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Qatar and Syria The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its forty-sixth session, issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the situation of children…