Hears from United Nations Secretary-General, High Commissioner for Human Rights and Chief of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland The Human Rights Council this morning opened its twenty-eighth session, hearing video messages from the United Nations Secretary-General and the…

The Conference on Disarmament continued the high-level segment of its public plenary this afternoon. Its President, Ambassador Vaanchig Purevdori of Mongolia, welcomed dignitaries from Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar and Turkey, who addressed the Conference. Gebran Bassil, Minister of Foreign Affairs…

Hears Statements by the President of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Prime Minister of Fiji and Dignitaries from 20 States The Human Rights Council opened its High-Level Segment this morning, hearing statements by the President of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its High-Level Segment, hearing statements from 11 dignitaries who spoke about their concerns regarding the situation in a number of countries and regions around the world and outlined some of their national efforts in the promotion and protection…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of the Maldives on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Dunya Maumoon, Minister of…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a focused debate on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons and other nuclear devices. Ambassador Vaanchig Purevdori of Mongolia, President of the Conference, said that the meeting today would be devoted to agenda…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fourth and fifth periodic reports of Eritrea on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report, Tekea Tesfamichael,…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic report of Tajikistan on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Rustam…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fourth periodic report of Kyrgyzstan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report, Erik Kuikeev, Deputy Minister…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the initial report of the Gambia on the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the absence of the State Party. Chandashekhar Dasgupta, Committee Expert and…