The Conference on Disarmament today held a thematic discussion on its agenda item 4 on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, or negative security assurances. Ambassador Salomon Eheth of Cameroon,…

  The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its eighty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Luxembourg and Tunisia under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Mikiko Otani, Committee Chairperson, said that…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded a thematic discussion on the prevention of an arms race in outer space. Welcoming resolution 75/36 of the General Assembly, speakers said further discussion must take into account both the complexity and frequent dual use of space…

  The Conference on Disarmament today held a thematic discussion on the prevention of an arms race in outer space. Ambassador Salomon Eheth of Cameroon, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said the thematic discussion would centre on the prevention of an arms race in outer space.…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food…

  M. Marc Bichler 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 Luxembourg auprès de l'Office. Avant cette nomination, M. Bichler était, depuis octobre 2016, Ambassadeur…

Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, and UNAIDS. Displacement from Goma Jens…

  A l’occasion de l’examen du rapport périodique de la Tunisie devant le Comité des droits de l’enfant, un membre du Comité a relevé que, même si la Tunisie fait figure de pionnière en Afrique du Nord grâce à sa loi interdisant les châtiments corporels, la prévalence des châtiments corporels…

  The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution on ensuring respect for international human rights law and international humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, in which it established an international commission of…