Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Update from the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth to sixth periodic report of Bahrain on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Jameel Mohamed Ali Humaidan, Minister of Labour and Social Development of…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first public plenary of its 2019 session, hearing statements by the Secretary-General of the Conference, the President of the Conference, and a list of countries on various topics. Michael Møller, Secretary-General of the Conference on…

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available US $100 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by representatives of the secretariat of the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation and the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2019 session on Monday, 21 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open under the presidency of Ukraine. The presidency of the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Japan on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Masato Ohtaka, Ambassador in Charge of United…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its examination of the fifth periodic report of Syria on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Hussam Edin Aala, Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations Office at Geneva,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to sixth periodic report of Guinea on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Aly Diané, Permanent Representative of Guinea to the United Nations Office at Geneva…