The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Colombia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In the introduction of the report, Juan Pablo Salazar, Director of the Presidential Plan...

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Guatemala on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Introducing the report of Guatemala, Leonidez Demetreo Moran Herrera, Vice-Minister for...

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting to discuss the preparation of its annual report to the General Assembly. Ambassador Kim In-chul of the Republic of Korea, taking the floor for the first time as President of the Conference on Disarmament, said he would brief the...

The 2016 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats and other government officials from 25 Member States of the United Nations. Officials...

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of the United Arab Emirates on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Sana Mohamad Ali Hassan, Undersecretary, Ministry of Community...

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Bolivia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Virginia Velasco Condori, Minister of Justice of Bolivia, said that...

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Ethiopia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ramadan Ashenafi, State Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Ethiopia,...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic report of Pakistan on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of...

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Uruguay on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Alejandra Costa, Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law,...

Statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic Arabic version GENEVA, 16 August 2016 – “The Commission is gravely concerned for the safety of civilians, including a reported 100,000 children, living in eastern Aleppo city, where violence has reached...