The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Jableh and Tartous, Syria, on 23 May, for which Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da’esh) claimed responsibility, during which more than a hundred people were killed and injured.…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed proposals by the Russian Federation to open negotiations on a convention on chemical and biological terrorism as well as on a programme of work. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of Pakistan, President of the Conference, stated that this was the last…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of the United Kingdom on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Paul Kissack, Director General, Children’s Services, Equalities and…

Geneva (Issued as received) – The United Nations mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic expresses outrage at yesterday’s terrorist attacks in the cities of Tartous and Jableh that have reportedly killed scores of civilians. The terrorist group, the so-…

GENEVA (Issued as received) – The United Nations Independent Investigation in Burundi, which was set up to investigate human rights violations in the country since April 2015, has completed the deployment of a team of human rights monitors on the ground. The UN Human Rights Council established the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Nepal under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its initial report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict…

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

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic report of Samoa on the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Faimalotoa Kika Stowers, Minister for Women, Community…

Hector Marcelo Cima, the new Permanent Representative of Argentina 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, Mr. Cima had been Deputy Permanent Representative of…