The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting in which numerous delegations strongly condemned the 12 February ballistic missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and asked the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to stop its ballistic and nuclear programmes…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the eighth periodic report of Ukraine on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Nataliia Fedorovyich, Deputy…

Han Tae Song, the new Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 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. Han had been…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its sixty-sixth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, hearing a statement by Orest Nowosad, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section, Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the United Nations High…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations and the national human rights institutions to hear information on the situation of women in Ukraine, Ireland, Jordan and El Salvador, whose reports will be…

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

Antje Leendertse, the new Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Leendertse had been serving as Head of the…

Kham-Inh Khitchadeth, the new Permanent Representative of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic 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…

Romanian Presidency Presents Draft Proposal on the Establishment of a Working Group on the “Way Ahead” The Conference on Disarmament this morning was presented with a draft proposal by the Romanian Presidency on the establishment of a working group on the “way ahead”. Several delegations raised…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Syria Yara Sharif, for the Office of the…