Presidents of Bulgaria and of the Marshall Islands, and Dignitaries from Armenia, Somalia, Netherlands, Republic of Moldova, and Norway Address the Council The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-first regular session, hearing an update by Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations...

The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. At the...

La Conférence du désarmement a discuté, ce matin, du projet révisé de programme de travail proposé par le Président de la Conférence, l’Ambassadeur Jorge Valero de la République bolivarienne du Venezuela, après avoir entendu des déclarations de plusieurs délégations. En début de séance, le...

The Conference on Disarmament today held a thematic discussion on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, and also discussed a revised draft programme of work. Jorge Valero, President of the Conference on Disarmament and Permanent Representative of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)...

The Conference on Disarmament today discussed items 5, 6 and 7 of its agenda concerning new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, a comprehensive programme of disarmament, and transparency in armaments. The President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Jorge...

The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed the draft programme of work presented by the President of the Conference, Ambassador Jorge Valero of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Mr. Valero said the draft programme of work prepared by the Venezuelan presidency had been circulated and...

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard public presentations on items 1, 2 and 4 of the agenda, dealing with nuclear disarmament, followed by an informal discussion. The President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Jorge Valero of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), said two...

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its first plenary meeting under the presidency of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), during which it discussed the minimum elements that a programme of work should contain. The President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Jorge Valero of...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic report of Botswana on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Frans Solomon Van Der Westhuizen, Minister of...

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Cabo Verde on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Maritza Rosabal Peña, Minister of Education, Family and Social...