The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Sudan on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Idris Ibrahim Gamil Agame, Minister of Justice of Sudan,…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-seventh regular session from 26 February to 23 March 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open at 9 a.m. on Monday, 26 February under the presidency of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Chile on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Claudia Pascual Grau,…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Oman on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Said Bin Saif Al-Kalbani, Minister of Social…

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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Nepal on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Naindra Prasad Upadhaya, Secretary of the Ministry of Women,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Malaysia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the reports, Suriani…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard from seven States and its President who highlighted the need for rapid efforts to operationalize the decision taken last week to set up five subsidiary bodies on agenda items to advance substantive work in the Conference. Ambassador Veronika…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with civil society representatives from Malaysia, Chile, Republic of Korea and Fiji, whose reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women will be…

Dieudonné W. Désiré Sougouri, the new Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso 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. Sougouri had served as…