Director-General of United Nations Office at Geneva and Delegations Express Condolences for the Passing of the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations in New York The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its first public plenary under the Presidency of Ambassador Alexey Borodavkin of the...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today held a full day of General Discussion on the draft General Comment on State obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the context of business activities. In her introductory statement, Marta...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations and a national human rights institution to hear information on the situation of women in Germany, Sri Lanka, Rwanda and Micronesia, whose reports will be...

Elects New Chairperson and Bureau, Swears in Three New Members The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its sixtieth session, electing Maria Virginia Bras Gomes as its Chairperson, and swearing in three new Committee members. The Committee also elected three Vice-...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of El Salvador on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the...

The Conference on Disarmament today adopted a draft decision put forward by the President of the Conference to establish a working group on the way ahead, contained in the document CD/WP.599/Rev.1, as orally revised. Mexico had great concerns about the proposal, as it appeared that the...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Jordan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Saja Majali, Permanent Representative of Jordan to the...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Ireland, submitted under the simplified reporting procedure, on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting in which numerous delegations strongly condemned the 12 February ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and asked the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to stop its ballistic and nuclear programmes...

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the eighth periodic report of Ukraine on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Nataliia Fedorovyich, Deputy...