The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of the Netherlands on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. In four introductory statements, dignitaries from Curaçao, Sint Maarten,…

Sumbue Antas, the new Permanent Representative of Vanuatu 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. Antas served as Director, Department of External…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Oxana Domenti, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Domenti had been serving as an…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Guatemala on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Jorge Luis Borrayo Reyes, President of the Presidential…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Japan and Portugal, and Follow-Up Observations on Mexico The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon concluded its fifteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Japan and Portugal, and…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the initial report of Viet Nam on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Quy Vuong Le, Deputy Minister of Public Security of Viet Nam, said…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Peru on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Daniel Sánchez Velásquez, Deputy Minister of Human Rights and…

REV.1 Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food…