President of Conference Says he will Take the United Nations Secretary-General’s Message as his Roadmap The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its weekly public plenary, hearing from the representatives of Mongolia, New Zealand, Brazil, Ukraine, Switzerland, Australia, Spain and Finland...

Ban Ki-moon Urges the Conference on Disarmament to Develop Treaty Frameworks and Proposals through Structured Discussions The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its 2014 session under the Presidency of Israel, hearing a statement from the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The...

Message of the United Nations Secretary-General Warns Central African Republic is in Freefall, and this Crisis of Epic Proportions Requires Immediate Action The Human Rights Council this morning opened a special session on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic. Today’s...

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic after adopting a resolution in which it strongly condemned the continued and widespread violations of human rights by all parties. Marie-Therese Keita Bocoum of...

African Group and Central African Republic express need for Special Session on the Central African Republic at beginning of 2014 The Human Rights Council this afternoon elected its new bureau for 2014 at an organizational meeting appointing Baudelaire Ndong Ella of Gabon to serve as its...

States Parties Reach Common Understandings on International Cooperation and Assistance, Review of Developments in Science and Technology, and Strengthening National Implementation of the Treaty States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) have concluded the 2013 Meeting of States...

The 2013 Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 9 to 13 December 2013, chaired by Ms. Judit Körömi, Special Representative of the Foreign Minister of Hungary for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation....

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today held a meeting with Member States to brief them on proceedings of the session as well as the steps taken to enhance the efficiency and efficacy of the Committee’s work. Zdzislaw Kedzia, Committee Chairperson, said that there was a theme...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the fifth periodic report of Norway on how the country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Presenting the report, Petter Wille, Ambassador at the Ministry of...

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the fourth periodic report of Austria on how the country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Anna Sporrer, Deputy Head of the...