The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of civil society organizations from Latvia, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Eritrea, whose reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventy-fifth session, hearing a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work. Mr…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon held its twelfth informal meeting with States, during which it discussed a range of issues, including the Committee’s upcoming special session in Samoa, its general comment on children’s rights in the digital environment, and the day of…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement by France, and then held informal talks on the non-paper presented by the President of the Conference on a draft programme of work. In his opening remarks, Ambassador Rachid Belbaki of Algeria, President of the Conference on Disarmament…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements by Poland and Brazil and held informal talks on the non-paper presented by the President of the Conference on a draft programme of work. At the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador Rachid Belbaki of Algeria, President of the Conference on…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Austria on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the dialogue, Committee Experts welcomed the withdrawal of the reservations to the…

State of Palestine to the Children’s Committee: Peace Proposal by President Trump is the “Theft of our Time”, not the “Deal of our Time” The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of the State of Palestine on the implementation of the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Rwanda on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the dialogue, Committee Experts commended the progress in many areas of children’s rights,…

Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, today read out the message of António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, to the Conference on Disarmament, in which he said that more must be done to…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Hungary on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Committee Experts expressed concerns about children entering marriage and the age of criminal…