The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded the review of the initial report of Bulgaria on its efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Mincho Koralski, Executive Director of the Agency for Persons with…

Elects Lazhar Soualem of Algeria to Replace Khedidja Ladjel as Committee Member The Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers this morning opened its twenty-ninth session, hearing an address by Kate Gilmore, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of…

Morten Jespersen, the new Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Jespersen had been serving as Under-Secretary…

Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s visit to ChinaRhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon commemorated the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and 10 years of its work. The Committee held a panel discussion which was moderated by Orest Nowosad, Chief…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Cuba, Japan, Latvia, Mauritius and Montenegro The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its ninety-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Algeria on how the State party implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Introducing the report, Ghania Eddalia, Minister for National…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a brief public plenary, hearing from its President and from the Republic of Korea before continuing its deliberations on its annual report in an informal plenary. Beliz Celasin Rende, Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United…

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the growing risks of a humanitarian catastrophe in the event of a full-scale military operation in Idlib province in Syria. The Secretary-General once again reaffirms that any use of chemical weapons is totally unacceptable. The Secretary-General…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of South Africa on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Introducing the report, Susan Shabangu, Minister of Social…