Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Greece, United Kingdom, Paraguay, South Africa, Lebanon, Ukraine, Sri Lanka and Pakistan The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination closed its ninetieth session this afternoon after adopting its concluding observations and…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today adopted two General Comments, on Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the right to inclusive education, and on Article 6 on women and girls with disabilities. According to Article 24 of the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations…

Geneva, 26 August 2016 - The situation regarding Darayya is extremely grave. It is tragic that repeated appeals to lift the siege of Darayya, besieged since November 2012, and cease the fighting, have never been heeded. The Special Envoy has been made aware overnight of an agreement to evacuate…

Arabic version GENEVA (Issued as recieved) – In light of the gravity of alleged breaches of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Yemen, and given challenges faced by the national commission of inquiry, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Italy on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. At the beginning of the meeting, the Committee observed one minute of…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Colombia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In the introduction of the report, Juan Pablo Salazar, Director of the Presidential Plan…

Yackoley Kokou Johnson, the new Permanent Representative of Togo 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. Johnson had been serving as Ambassador of…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting to discuss the preparation of its annual report to the General Assembly. Ambassador Kim In-chul of the Republic of Korea, taking the floor for the first time as President of the Conference on Disarmament, said he would brief the…

Amran Mohamed Zin, the new Permanent Representative of Malaysia 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. Zin had been serving as Malaysia’s…