The Conference on Disarmament this morning met under the Presidency of Ambassador Luis Enrique Chavez Basagoitia of Peru, the incoming President of the Conference, who said he would hold informal consultations to try to break the gridlock in the Conference. The Conference also heard statements by…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Luxembourg on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Jean-Marc Hoscheit, Permanent…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Bulgaria on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Verginiya Micheva-Ruseva, Deputy Minister of Justice, said that a key…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director, a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Gabon on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and its initial report on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on…

Anna Korka, the new Permanent Representative of Greece 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. Korka had been serving as Greece’s Ambassador to…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Pakistan on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Zarafullah Khan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for Law, introducing the report, said that…

Following the joint press stake-out earlier today in Geneva between the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura and Senior Advisor, Jan Egeland, the Special Envoy briefed the Security Council on the current situation in Syria. This was his first briefing to the Council since the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Slovakia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Fedor Rosocha, Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations…