Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held a Day of General Discussion on equality and non-discrimination, article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with a view to preparing a General Comment on that article. The discussion was…

Adopts Concluding Recommendations on the Reports of Kuwait, Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Djibouti, Tajikistan, Canada and New Zealand The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon concluded its ninety-third session after adopting its concluding…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of the United Kingdom on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Karen Jochelson, Head of the Office for Disability Issues,…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Luxembourg on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report of Luxembourg, Marc Bichler, Ambassador at Large for…

(Issued as received) GENEVA (23 August 2017) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has called on the Government of the United States of America, as well as high-level politicians and public officials, to unequivocally and unconditionally reject and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Latvia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ingus Alliks, State Secretary, Ministry of Welfare of Latvia, introducing the…

The Conference on Disarmament today held two public plenaries in which many States outlined their national positions on disarmament issues. Other issues that were raised included the latest ballistic missile tests by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the draft annual report of…

Guillaume Long, the new Permanent Representative of Ecuador 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. Long had been serving as Minister of…