The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its eighty-ninth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Madagascar and the Netherlands, which were reviewed during the session. Mikiko Otani, Committee Chairperson, said the Committee had held its…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing which was attended by the spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health…

  M. Yerlan Alimbayev a présenté aujourd'hui à Mme Tatiana Valovaya, Directrice générale de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève, les pouvoirs l'accréditant comme Représentant permanent du Kazakhstan auprès de l'Office. Avant sa nomination à Genève, M. Alimbayev était depuis 2021 Vice-…

  Amanda Louise Gorely, the new Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment in Geneva, Ms. Gorely had been serving as…

  Lors de l’examen, aujourd’hui, du rapport présenté par le Sénégal au titre de la Convention sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes, une experte du Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes (CEDAW) a salué les progrès du pays…

  The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon held its thirteenth informal meeting with States, discussing the Committee’s backlog in reviewing reports caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of a predictable review calendar, among others. Mikiko Otani, Chair of the…

  The Conference on Disarmament today continued to discuss a non-paper presented by the P-6 on a draft programme of work for 2022. At the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador Li Song of China (Disarmament), President of the Conference on Disarmament, said they would use the time of this…

  Hier et aujourd’hui, le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes examinait à Genève le rapport présenté par le Panama au titre de la Convention sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes. Le Panama a adopté plusieurs instruments…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its review of the seventh periodic report of Gabon, with Expert congratulating Gabon on measures taken to deal with school dropout rates for girls, and asking about human trafficking in the country and the…

  The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission held a special session today under the Presidency of Ireland to mark the fulfilment of the Commission’s mandate. Delegations from Iraq and Kuwait addressed the Council at the opening plenary meeting. Almost 31 years ago,…