Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme (WFP) and associates, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today opened its one-hundred and third virtual session during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Belgium. The Committee heard an address by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty…

  Le Comité pour la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille a tenu cet après-midi la dernière séance publique de sa trente-deuxième session qui (conformément aux récents amendements apportés au programme de travail) doit officiellement clore ses…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Economic Commission…

  La définition de la disparition forcée qui figure dans la législation pénale suisse n’est pas entièrement conforme à celle figurant à l’article 2 de la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées et devrait sans doute être modifiée…

  Simon Manley, the new Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations Office at Geneva, on 15 April presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Manley had been serving…

  The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States and other stakeholders, during which participants discussed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants, the ratification of the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the…

  New Committee Member Matar Diop from Senegal Makes Solemn Declaration   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon opened its twentieth session online, during which it will examine the initial reports of Mongolia and Switzerland on their implementation of the provisions…

  Situation of Haitians and Venezuelans, as well as New Migration Law Also Discussed   The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Chile on its…