The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting in which it heard an update from the President of the Conference on the ongoing informal consultations, as well as statements by Bangladesh and Chile. Ambassador Luis Enrique Chavez Basagoitia of Peru, President of the Conference,…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of France on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Elisabeth Laurin, Permanent Representative of France to the…

Hears from Civil Society Organizations Regarding the Situation in France, Sweden, Honduras and Burkina Faso The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opened its fifty-eighth session this morning, adopting its agenda and hearing from a national human rights institution and non-…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning met under the Presidency of Ambassador Luis Enrique Chavez Basagoitia of Peru, the incoming President of the Conference, who said he would hold informal consultations to try to break the gridlock in the Conference. The Conference also heard statements by…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Luxembourg on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Jean-Marc Hoscheit, Permanent…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Bulgaria on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Verginiya Micheva-Ruseva, Deputy Minister of Justice, said that a key…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Gabon on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its initial report on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Pakistan on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Zarafullah Khan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for Law, introducing the report, said that…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Slovakia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Fedor Rosocha, Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed proposals by the Russian Federation to open negotiations on a convention on chemical and biological terrorism as well as on a programme of work. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of Pakistan, President of the Conference, stated that this was the last…