Dr. Bernard Vallat Urges BWC Members to Strengthen Veterinary Services as Key Players for Animal Health Surveillance, Response and Biosafety GENEVA (Embargoed until 11 a.m. Geneva time on Monday 10 December, issued as received) - Speaking today at the opening session of the Meeting of States…

States Parties to Promote Cooperation and Assistance, National Implementation, Participation in Confidence-building Measures, and to Address Advances in Biological Science and Technology The 2012 Meeting of States parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held at the United…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Tanzania, Ecuador, Mauritania, Bulgaria and Iceland and Observations on Equatorial Guinea and Republic of Congo The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its forty-ninth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Germany, today concluded its seventy-fourth session. Delegations from Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening plenary meeting. The Governing…

Secretary-General’s Statement Says that Political Will and Courage is Needed to Achieve the Two-State Solution The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated today at a Special Meeting held at the United Nations Office at Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its seventy-fourth session from 27 to 29 November 2012 under the Presidency of Ambassador Hanns Heinrich Schumacher (Permanent Representative of Germany). Delegations from Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Peru, Mexico, Norway, Qatar, Senegal, Tajikistan, Gabon, Russian Federation and Togo The Committee against Torture today concluded its forty-ninth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Peru, Mexico,…

GENEVA (22 November 2012) – While welcoming the ceasefire which started last night, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on Thursday expressed its “deep concern at the devastating and lasting impact the crisis in Gaza and Israel is having on children.” “This impact extends from…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its third session this afternoon after adopting the report of the two-week session. At its closing meeting, Emmanuel Decaux, Chairperson of the Committee, said this had been an extremely fruitful, rich and busy session. The Committee was now up and…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of the Philippines, Turkey, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Portugal The Human Rights Committee concluded this afternoon its one hundredth and sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on…