Afghanistan on 9 August 2017 joined the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and all of its five Protocols, notably Protocol I on Non-Detectable Fragments; Amended Protocol II on Mines, booby-traps and other devices; Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons; Protocol IV on Blinding…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Mexico on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-sixth regular session from 11 to 29 September 2017 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will be opened by Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli of El Salvador…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Indonesia on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Gabon on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Introducing the report, Marianne Odette Bibalou…

Ahmed Uzumco, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Addresses the Conference The Conference on Disarmament today was addressed by Ahmed Uzumco, Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, who spoke on the twentieth…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s…

Mamadou Henri Konate, the new Permanent Representative of Mali 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. Konate had been serving as a Special…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Lithuania on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Introducing the report, Paulius Griciûnas,…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Ecuador on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and…