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 Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. UN…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the World Trade Organization, and the World Health…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded the examination of the initial report of Chile on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Heidi Berner Herrera, Under-Secretary for Social…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today considered the initial report of Thailand on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Maitri Inthusut, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Social…

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its one hundred and sixteenth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of South Africa, Namibia, Sweden, New Zealand, Slovenia, Costa Rica and Rwanda. The concluding observations and recommendations on the seven country reports…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded the examination of the initial report of Portugal on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Ana Sofia Antunes, Secretary of State of Inclusion…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from Russia about its proposed draft international convention for the suppression of acts of chemical terrorism, Sri Lanka on the importance of nuclear disarmament, the United States on its response to the Russian proposal, Italy on how it…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning opened its fifteenth session, hearing an address by a representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, which includes the consideration of seven…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Agency and the United Nations Refugee Agency. UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General would be in Geneva on 30 March…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 12 texts, including a resolution on the effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights, and extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar for one year, the mandate of…