The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard from a number of delegations on the British investigations into the use of a military-grade nerve agent in Salisbury and Amesbury and the report by the technical secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. In her…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concluded today its consideration of the initial report of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Dušan Tomšić, Special Counsellor…

Hears Countries Speak in Right of Reply in Response to Statements made during the General Debate on the Oral Update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation…

Hears from New High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet The Human Rights Council this morning opened its thirty-ninth regular session, hearing from Michelle Bachelet, the newly appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Vojislav Šuc, President of the Human Rights…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Urmila Bhoola, the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, and Livingstone Sewanyana, the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order. Presenting her reports, Ms…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, Independent Expert on the rights of older persons, and with Léo Heller, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation. Ms. Kornfeld-Matte informed the Council…

The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon adopted four out of five reports submitted to the Conference by its subsidiary bodies, created by decision CD/2119. At the beginning of the meeting, Beliz Celasin Rende, Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations Office at…

Focuses on the Need to Promote the Ratification of the Convention The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States, during which participants discussed the ratification of the Convention,…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Poland on measures taken to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Krzysztof Michałkiewicz, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Family, Labour and…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Madagascar on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their…