The 2017 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats and other government officials from 25 States of the United Nations. Officials from the following States will be participating in the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service at the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Montenegro on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Goran Kusevija, Director General of the Directorate for Social Welfare and Child…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Morocco on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Bassima Hakkaoui, Minister of Family, Solidarity,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first and twenty-second periodic report of New Zealand on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Panama on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Cesar Augusto Gomez Ruiloba, Deputy Permanent Representative of Panama to the United…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic report of Canada on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an informal meeting with civil society representatives from New Zealand and Canada, whose reports will be considered this week. In her opening remarks, Anastasia Crickley, Committee Chairperson, welcomed civil…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning opened its eighteenth session, during which it will review measures taken by Panama, Morocco, Montenegro, Latvia, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of…