Adopts conclusions and recommendations on initial report of Mali The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its week-long fourth session during which it considered the initial periodic report of Mali, the first country report…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $ 248,408,332.48 to 6 Governments for distribution to 25 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 10 claims in category “D” (claims of individuals for damages above $ 100,000), 7 claims in category “E…

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention meet in Geneva to prepare for the forthcoming Sixth Review Conference of the Convention States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from 26 to 28 April 2006 at the Preparatory Committee for the…

The Thirteenth Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) concluded on Friday, 10 March…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Mexico, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guatemala, El Salvador, Uzbekistan, Guyana and Botswana The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its sixty-eighth session, issuing its concluding observations and…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, meeting under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece), today concluded its fifty-ninth session. Representatives of Kuwait, Iraq, and India addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening plenary…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fifty-ninth session from 7 to 9 March 2006 under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece). The Council will be electing a new Vice-President, as one of two Vice-Presidents (Romania) left the…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Peru, Ghana, Liechtenstein, Trinidad and Tobago, Hungary, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Andorra, Morocco, Bangladesh and Switzerland The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded today its forty-first session and issued…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first plenary of its 2006 session on Tuesday, 24 January, at the Palais des Nations. The session will open under the presidency of the Ambassador Zdzislaw Rapacki of Poland. The…

Adopt Decision to Hold Third Review Conference in 2006 The Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW), chaired by Ambassador…