Tatiana Valovoya, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today called on the Conference to demonstrate creativity and flexibility to steer the world away from the perilous erosion of disarmament norms and arrangements…

A Committee Expert congratulated the Government for the significant progress made in the area of birth registration.  Could an overview of the programmes for birth registration be provided?  Had they been evaluated? Phillip D. Jaffe, Committee Expert and Coordinator of the Country…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Lithuania, with Committee Experts praising the State’s legislation on violence against children, and raising questions about measures to prevent the abandonment of new-…

The Conference on Disarmament today held the first plenary of its 2024 session under the Presidency of India, hearing addresses by the President of the Conference and a number of States.  The Conference adopted its agenda for the session.Ambassador Anupam Ray of India, President of the…

 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of the Russian Federation, commending the State on reducing child mortality rates, while asking questions about propaganda in schools and the impact of the war in…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Senegal under the Convention on the Rights of the Child as well as the initial reports of Senegal under the Optional Protocols on the sale of children, child…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Bulgaria, with Committee Experts praising the State for reducing its child mortality rate, and raising questions about efforts to address online sexual exploitation…

 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of the Republic of the Congo.Irène Marie Cécile Mboukou Kimbatsa, Minister of Social Affairs, Solidarity and Humanitarian Action of the Republic of the Congo, introducing…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its ninety-fifth session, during which it will review reports on the efforts of the Republic of the Congo, Bulgaria, Senegal, the Russian Federation, Lithuania and South Africa to adhere to the provisions of the Convention on the Rights…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its thirty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Uruguay, Kyrgyzstan and São Tomé and Príncipe. The concluding observations will be…