Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespeople for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization…

Audu Ayinla Kadiri, the new Permanent Representative of Nigeria 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. Kadiri had been serving as Head of the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Romania on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Gabriela Coman, President of the National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of the Child and…

Delegations Express Condolences to the United Kingdom over the Terrorist Attack, Condemn Missile Launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the last public plenary under the Presidency of Senegal, in which numerous delegations expressed…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Food Programme, the World Bank Group, the United…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of Qatar on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Ahmad Hassan Al-Hamadi, Secretary-General, Ministry of…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth and fifth periodic report of Lebanon on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Pierre Bou Assi, Minister for Social Affairs of Lebanon, introducing the report,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Bhutan under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its initial reports under two Optional Protocols to the Convention, on the sale of children, child…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of the United States under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, and the combined third…