The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of France on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Laurence Rossignol, Minister of State for the Family, Elderly People and…

31st SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCILGeneva, Switzerland, 29 February -24 March 2016Media accreditation Representatives of the media will need to be accredited for the coverage of the session. All journalists applying for accreditation must submit proof that they represent a bona fide media…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Ireland on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, James Reilly, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs of Ireland, said…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of Oman on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Mohammed Said Al Kalbani, Minister of Social Development…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded today its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Latvia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Committee also considered first periodic reports of Latvia under the Optional…

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, asked for the opportunity of a meeting with senior officials of the five Permanent Members of the Security Council ("the P5") in order to update them on his latest regional travels and the resulting impressions about preparations…

The twenty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 18 to 29 January during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be…

Hala Hameed, the new Permanent Representative of Maldives 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. Hameed had been serving as Ambassador-at-Large at…

Junichi Ihara, the new Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ihara had been serving as Director-General of the…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations…