The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its first public plenary under the presidency of Turkey. Beliz Celasin Rende, Chargé d’Affaires a.i., Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations Office at Geneva and President of the Conference on Disarmament, in her introductory remarks,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined tenth and eleventh periodic report of Japan on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined nineteenth to twenty-first periodic report of Cuba on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting…

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) have concluded the 2018 Meetings of Experts held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 7 to 16 August 2018. This was the first set of such meetings in the new 2018-2020 intersessional process, that was agreed by the BWC Meeting of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth to twenty-third periodic report of Mauritius on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…

Michele Zaccheo, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. Internally…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an informal meeting with representatives of non-governmental organizations with respect to Mauritius, Cuba and Japan, whose reports on the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination…

Hears Address by the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements on the United Nations Secretary-General’s Agenda for Disarmament, Securing our Common Future, the prevention of an arms race…

Esmaeil Baghaei Hamaneh, the new Permanent Representative of Iran 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. Baghaei Hamaneh had been serving as the…