Conference to celebrate entry into force of Protocol on explosive remnants of war The Third Review Conference of 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…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families has considered the initial report of Mexico on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. Presenting…

Hears Address by Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Presentation of NGO on Situation of Migrants in Mexico The Committee on the Protection of Migrant Workers, which reviews the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its sixty-first session from 31 October to 3 November 2006 under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece). During the session, the Governing Council will discuss various issues relating to the work of…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $417,819,931.00 to 7 Governments for distribution to 46 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 14 claims in category E (claims of corporations, other private legal entities and public sector…

The first-ever meeting of the Internet Governance Forum will take place in Athens, Greece, from 30 October to 2 November with the overall theme “Internet Governance for Development”. More than 1,200 participants comprised of government, private sector and civil society representatives, including…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon suspended its second session until 27 November when it will take action on all the draft proposals that it could not consider given their high number and the insufficient time available in order to guarantee the due and balanced consideration of all proposals…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Samoa, Ethiopia, Oman, Kiribati, Swaziland, Senegal, Republic of Congo, Benin, Ireland, and Jordan The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded today its forty-third session and issued its conclusions and recommendations on the situation of children in Samoa…

International Community to Assesses Progress in Fight to Eliminate Anti-Personnel Mines More than 700 delegates representing over 100 States and dozens of organizations will gather in Geneva from 18 to 22 September for the Seventh Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, today concluded the third and last part of its 2006 session after adopting its annual report. In its report, which will be presented to the General Assembly, the Conference said that the substantive…