The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of Iran on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report of Iran, Mahmoud Abbasi, Deputy for Human Rights and…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded today its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Senegal on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, Mame Baba Cisse, Permanent Representative of Senegal to…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its seventy-first session this morning, hearing an address by Orest Nowosad, Chief of the Groups in Focus Section of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted its agenda and…

Special Envoy de Mistura concluded today his present round of regional consultations with meetings in Tehran. He had useful exchanges with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian. Mr de Mistura updated his interlocutors on preparations…

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, had a useful meeting today in Damascus with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Walid Mouallem. In the meeting, Mr. de Mistura outlined preparations currently underway for the intra-…

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

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, United Nations Television & Radio, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency and International Organization for…

Geneva, 21 December 2015 (Issued as received) - The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic welcomes the unanimous adoption of Security Council Resolution 2254 on 18 December endorsing a road map for peace in Syria. The resolution calls for both a Syrian-lead…

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) have concluded the 2015 Meeting of States Parties (MSP), held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 14 to 18 December. The meeting was chaired by Ambassador Mazlan Muhammad of Malaysia with the support of Ambassador Henk Cor van der…

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