Also Hears Addresses from Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Honduras and Prime Minister of Thailand The Human Rights Council this morning opened its twenty-fourth regular session, hearing an update from the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of her Office, followed by a…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued a general debate on the update given this morning by High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the activities of her Office. In the general debate, speakers condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria while urging a swift resolution to…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today completed its consideration of the initial report of El Salvador on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Victoria Marina Velasquez de Aviles, Permanent…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today completed its consideration of the initial report of Australia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report of Australia, Peter Woolcott, Permanent…

The Open-ended Working Group to develop proposals to take forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations for the achievement and maintenance of a world without nuclear weapons, presided by Ambassador Manuel B. Dengo of Costa Rica, successfully concluded its work on Friday, 30 August 2013 at…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today completed its consideration of the initial report of Austria on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report of Austria, Ambassador Helmut Tichy, Legal Advisor…

Discusses Draft Annual Report to the General Assembly in an Informal Meeting The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a public plenary in which it heard statements by Bangladesh on behalf of the Group of 21 on negative security assurances and on the prevention of an arms race in outer…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning opened its tenth session, hearing from Craig Mokhiber, Chief of the Development and Economic and Social Issues Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and from Cisternas Reyes, Chairperson of the Committee. The…

Welcomes Participants of the 2013 United Nations Fellowship Programme on Disarmament The Conference on Disarmament today held its first public plenary to discuss the draft annual programme of the Conference to the General Assembly. Ambassador Gerard Corr of Ireland, President of the Conference on…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today considered the combined seventeenth to twenty-second periodic report of Cyprus on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Leda Koursoumba…