The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $1.19 billion to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council…

Establishes Independent, International Commission of Inquiry for the Occupied Palestinian Territory The Human Rights Council today established an independent, international commission of inquiry to investigate all violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in…

The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-first Special Session on Wednesday, 23 July on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. The President of the Human Rights Council received a letter on Friday, 18 July signed by the Permanent…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the Central African Republic, Georgia, India, Lithuania, Mauritania, Peru, Swaziland and Syria on how they implement the…

The First Preparatory Committee for the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction this morning, on its second day of meetings, continued its discussion on the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. In the discussion speakers highlighted both national and regional measures taken on…

The First Session of the Preparatory Committee of the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction concluded its work this afternoon after discussing the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction during two days of meetings. In concluding remarks, Margareta Wahlstrom,…

The First Preparatory Committee for the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction this afternoon continued with its discussion on the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. During the discussion, speakers stressed the importance of an integrated approach to…

The First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction opened this morning in Geneva, hearing addresses from the Permanent Representatives of Finland and Thailand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, elected as Co-chairs of the meeting, as well…

Creates Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea, Establishes Special Rapporteur on Rights of Persons with Disabilities The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-sixth regular session this evening after adopting 34 texts on a wide range of issues as well as its report for the session. The Council…

The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions gave a press conference this afternoon at the end of the twenty-eighth round of the Discussions. HERBERT SALBER, European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, said that Geneva International Discussions…