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

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Barbados, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Estonia, Georgia, Malawi, Serbia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-fourth session after adopting its…

Coly Seck, the new Permanent Representative of Senegal 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. Seck had been serving as the Director of the Cabinet…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Niger on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a public plenary, in which most delegations condemned the 24 August submarine-launched missile test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Cuba reiterated its call for a total prohibition of nuclear weapons, which would best be negotiated…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health…

Spanish versionRussian versionArabic versionChinese version GENEVA (30 August 2016) – States too often fail to uphold their obligations with regard to women and girls with disabilities, treating them or allowing them to be treated as helpless objects of pity, subjected to hostility and exclusion,…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Honduras on its implementation of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this morning opened its twenty-fifth session, hearing statements by a representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, members of the Committee, and…

Last week, the Special Envoy for Syria appealed for a humanitarian pause of at least 48 hours to deliver United Nations humanitarian aid to Aleppo. He welcomed the response of the Russian Federation to support this proposal. Since then, the UN developed an Aleppo emergency response plan and…