The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution in which it called urgently for the immediate and unconditional release of all persons arbitrarily detained in Myanmar, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint and others, and the lifting of the state…

  The Human Rights Council this morning opened its special session on “the human rights implications of the crisis in Myanmar”, hearing the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights say that the seizure of power by the Myanmar military constituted a profound setback for the country, after a…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning continued to hear statements on the revised draft package on a programme of work for 2021 but did not reach consensus on it.   Ambassador Marc Pecsteen of Belgium, President of the Conference on Disarmament, introducing the revised proposal which…

  The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its online limited eighty-sixth session, which started on 18 January. Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Chairperson of the Committee, said that this online session had been particularly difficult because of technical issues, as…

  The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon continued to hear statements on the revised draft package on its programme of work for 2021 and on the renewal of the New START Treaty. The following delegations took the floor to support the renewal of the New Start Treaty: India, Norway,…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements by the United States, the Russian Federation and more than 20 countries on the extension of the New START Treaty, and then discussed the Presidency’s revised draft package on the 2021 programme of work of the Conference. The…

  The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon heard general statements by Switzerland, Russian Federation and Nigeria, and then began discussing the Presidency’s draft package on the 2021 programme of work of the Conference. In the general statements, speakers urged the Russian Federation…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting under the Presidency of Ambassador Marc Pecsteen of Belgium, hearing general statements by South Africa, Cuba, Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ukraine and Sri Lanka. At the beginning of the meeting, as…

  The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held a plenary meeting under the Presidency of Ambassador Marc Pecsteen of Belgium, hearing general statements by Japan, Israel, Ethiopia, Argentina, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Australia, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Colombia and…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting under the Presidency of Ambassador Marc Pecsteen of Belgium, hearing statements by Indonesia on behalf of the Group of 21, Malaysia, India, Germany, Ecuador, Venezuela, Spain, Italy, France, Kenya, Austria, Morocco, Algeria…