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 World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization. UN Secretary-General…

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet in Geneva, Switzerland from 26 to 27 April 2016 for the Preparatory Committee of the Eighth Review Conference. In an innovation from previous review cycles, they will resume their work from 8 to 12 August. The Review Conference…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today opened its eighty-ninth session, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and electing a new Chairperson and Bureau. The Committee…

Daniiar Mukashev, the new Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan 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. Mukashev had been serving as Director of…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Saudi Arabia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Presenting the report, Nasser Bin Rajeh Al-…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Development…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its twenty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Mauritania, Lesotho, Senegal and Turkey. The concluding observations and…

Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, the new Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Jurkovic had been serving as…

GENEVA (21 April 2016) – United Nations experts have called on Kyrgyzstan to immediately release jailed political activist and journalist Azimjan Askarov, after finding that he had been arbitrarily detained, held in inhumane conditions, tortured and mistreated, and prevented from adequately…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its fifteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Chile, Lithuania, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Thailand and Uganda on how they implement the provisions of the Convention on…