The Conference on Disarmament today held its first plenary under the presidency of Ambassador Emilio Rafael Izquierdo Miño of Ecuador, who said subsidiary bodies three and five, on the prevention of an arms race in outer space and on new types of weapons of mass destruction respectively,…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined sixteenth to eighteenth periodic report of Suriname, with Committee Experts commending the State on its efforts to establish an anti-discrimination law, and asking questions on the…

  The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Indonesia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Committee Experts noted Indonesia’s efforts to advance inclusive education, while…

  The Conference on Disarmament today held the final plenary under the presidency of Ambassador Paul Empole Efambe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who said that no consensus had been achieved on the draft reports of the Conference’s five subsidiary bodies. Ambassador Empole Efambe…

  The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic reports of China, of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and of Macao Special Administrative Region of China on their implementation of the…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth to eleventh periodic report of Zimbabwe, with Committee Experts commending the State on the 2013 Constitution, while asking questions about the role of the National Peace and…

  The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon held a meeting with States parties on the situation of persons with disabilities in Ukraine and in countries where they fled following the Russian aggression. Jonas Ruskus, Committee Vice Chair, said the Committee this…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the thirteenth periodic report of Slovakia, with Committee Experts commending the State on improving census methodologies, and asking about low school enrolment rates for Roma children and housing…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined tenth to twelfth periodic report of Azerbaijan, with Committee Experts commending the State on establishing regional legal counselling centres and asking questions about the conflict…

  The Conference on Disarmament today held a public plenary in which the coordinators of four of its five subsidiary bodies announced that final draft reports on the subsidiary bodies’ discussions would be circulated. The President said that if consensus on these reports was reached, they…