Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Switzerland, Israel, Ecuador, Senegal, Denmark and Slovakia The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixty-sixth session during which it reviewed the reports of Switzerland, Israel,...

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Bolivia and Slovakia The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its seventeenth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bolivia and Slovakia on the implementation...

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Poland, concluded today its eighty-sixth session. At this session, Belgium was elected as Vice-President of the Council and will serve until the end of 2020. Delegations from Iraq, including the Head...

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its eighty-sixth session on 8 October 2019 under the Presidency of Ambassador Zbigniew Czech, Permanent Representative of Poland. Delegations from Iraq, including representatives from Iraq’s Committee of Financial...

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mozambique, Portugal and the Republic of Korea under the Convention, and the Reports of Georgia and Panama under the Optional Protocols The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its eighty-...

Renews Mandates on Yemen, Burundi, Somalia, Sudan, Central African Republic and Cambodia; Extends Eight Thematic Mandates The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its forty-second regular session held in Geneva from 9 to 27 September after adopting 37 resolutions and a Presidential...

I am pleased to announce the agreement of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic and the Syrian Negotiations Commission for a credible, balanced and inclusive Constitutional Committee that will be facilitated by the United Nations in Geneva. I welcome the progress made by the Government and the...

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Albania, Myanmar, Ecuador, India, Greece, Kuwait, Iraq, El Salvador and Australia The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today closed its twenty-second session after adopting concluding observations and...

The Conference on Disarmament today concluded the third and last part of its 2019 session. The first part of the session was held from 21 January to 29 March. The second part was held from 13 May to 28 June. The third part started on 29 July and concluded today, 13 September. During the session...

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Colombia The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon closed its thirty-first session after adopting its concluding...