The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its eighty-fifth session on 7 November 2018 under the Presidency of Ambassador Zbigniew Czech (Permanent Representative of Poland). Delegations from Iraq, including representatives from Iraq’s Committee of Financial…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its fifteenth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, during which it will examine the initial reports of Japan, Mexico, and Portugal on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All…

The Human Rights Committee this morning heard the presentation of the report of its working group on lists of issues which reviewed the Committee’s current practices and made recommendations towards improved methodology relating to lists of issues and lists of issues prior to reporting, and better…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Belarus, Sudan, Guinea, Belize and Bulgaria The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and twenty-fourth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Belarus, Sudan…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the…

Chad Blackman, the new Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Blackman is an international trade advisor and attorney, working in the private…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic report of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.…

Barrett Salato, the new Permanent Representative of Solomon Islands to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Salato served as Chargé d’affaires at the Permanent Mission of Solomon…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Tajikistan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report, Yusuf Rahmon, Prosecutor…