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Human Rights Council to Hold its Forty-Seventh Regular Session from 21 June to 13 July 2021

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Council to Hold its Forty-Seventh Regular Session from 21 June to 13 July 2021 17 June 2021 Meeting Summaries   The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-seventh regular session from 21 June to 13 July 2021 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The hybrid Council will be meeting in room XVIII with most statements delivered virtually. The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 21 June…

Conference on Disarmament Holds Thematic Discussion on New Types of Weapons of Mass Destruction and New Systems of such Weapons, including Radiological Weapons

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Conference on Disarmament Holds Thematic Discussion on New Types of Weapons of Mass Destruction and New Systems of such Weapons, including Radiological Weapons 15 June 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Conference on Disarmament today held a thematic discussion on its agenda item 5 on new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, including radiological weapons. Ambassador Salomon Eheth of Cameroon, President of the Conference on Disarmament,…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 15 June 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, Unitaid, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 11 June 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on…

Foreign Minister of China to the Conference on Disarmament: China Has the Most Stable, Consistent and Predictable Nuclear Policy Among All Nuclear Weapon States

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Foreign Minister of China to the Conference on Disarmament: China Has the Most Stable, Consistent and Predictable Nuclear Policy Among All Nuclear Weapon States 11 June 2021 Meeting Summaries   Wang Yi, State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, today told the Conference on Disarmament that China has the most stable, consistent and predictable nuclear policy among all nuclear weapon States. The…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 08 June 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health…

Conference on Disarmament Holds Thematic Discussion on Negative Security Assurances

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Conference on Disarmament Holds Thematic Discussion on Negative Security Assurances 08 June 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Conference on Disarmament today held a thematic discussion on its agenda item 4 on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, or negative security assurances. Ambassador Salomon Eheth of Cameroon, President of the…

Committee on the Rights of the Child Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Luxembourg and Tunisia and Concludes Eighty-seventh Session

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Rights of the Child Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Luxembourg and Tunisia and Concludes Eighty-seventh Session 04 June 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its eighty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Luxembourg and Tunisia under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Mikiko…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE 04 June 2021 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, and the International Labour Organization. Update on…

Conference on Disarmament Concludes Thematic Discussion on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space

3 years 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Conference on Disarmament Concludes Thematic Discussion on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space 03 June 2021 Meeting Summaries   The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded a thematic discussion on the prevention of an arms race in outer space. Welcoming resolution 75/36 of the General Assembly, speakers said further discussion must take into account both the complexity and frequent dual use of…