Arabic version The second meeting of the Task Force on Humanitarian Access in Syria will take place tomorrow at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The meeting will be co-chaired by the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, and Mr. Jan Egeland, Senior Advisor to the Special…

The sixteenth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will take place from 22 to 26 February 2016 in Room XX at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session the Committee, will continue its discussions on thematic studies requested by the Council, including on activities of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women today considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Sweden on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Presenting the reports, Pernilla…

(Damascus, 16 February 2016) Yesterday, reports indicate that six hospitals and one primary health care facility were damaged or destroyed in air attacks in northern and southern Syria, including the only operational hospital in Azaz, cutting off health services to tens of thousands of people and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women today considered the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of Iceland on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Presenting the reports, Greta…

The Conference on Disarmament met this morning to discuss a draft programme of work, as proposed by Nigeria, the President of the Conference. Peters Emuze, Chargé d’Affaires of the Permanent Mission of Nigeria and President of the Conference on Disarmament, said that the previous week he had…

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

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women today considered the combined seventh and eighth periodic reports of Japan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Presenting the reports, Shinsuke…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women opened its sixty-third session this morning, hearing a statement by a representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, adopting the agenda of the session and discussing inter-sessional and follow-up activities.…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations to hear information on the situation of women in Japan, Iceland, Sweden and Mongolia, whose reports will be considered during the first week of the session.…