Convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in partnership with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation PLENARY II: CHALLENGES TO SAFEGUARDING THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF JERUSALEM NAZMI AL-JUBEH, Associate Professor of History and...

Convened by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) PLENARY I: THE LEGAL STATUS OF JERUSALEM UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND IN THE CONTEXT OF A FINAL PEACE SETTLEMENT AHMAD MAJDALANI...

As delivered Monsieur Jean-Jacques Elmiger, President of the 108th Session of the International Labour Conference, Mr. Guy Ryder, and my dear friend, Director-General of the ILO, Your Excellencies, Delegates, Friends, You come together at this Centenary International Labour Conference during a...

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its last plenary under the presidency of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) in which it discussed the draft programme of work presented by the president.Jorge Valero, President of the Conference on Disarmament and Permanent Representative of...

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-first regular session from 24 June to 12 July 2019 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will open the...

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Botswana, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Malta, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Tonga The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its eighty-first session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of...

A recent report issued by the Joint Inspection Unit reviewed the policy research landscape in the United Nations system. The report found considerable variations in the way organizations comprehend and operationalize research activities. This heterogeneity - inherent to organizations with different...

Il adopte ses observations finales sur les rapports de six pays : République démocratique du Congo, Mexique, Allemagne, Afrique du Sud, Bénin et Royaume-Uni Le Comité contre la torture a conclu ce matin, à Genève, les travaux de sa soixante-sixième session, qui s’était ouverte le 23 avril...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its ninety-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Andorra, Guatemala, Hungary, Lithuania and Zambia, which were considered during the session.The concluding...

As delivered Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much for inviting me to address all of you today. Since the end of the Second World War, nations have relied on a system of multilateral institutions and agreements to promote peace and equitable social and economic progress. The...