The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this morning concluded its consideration of the initial report of Seychelles on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and…

Starts Discussing its Draft Annual Report to the General Assembly The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement from Kazakhstan on the International Day against Nuclear Tests and the importance of the early entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this morning concluded its consideration of the initial report of Guinea on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of…

Ramon Alberto Morales Quijano, the new Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Morales Quijano served as Permanent Representative of Panama to the…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Refugee…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this morning opened its twenty-third session, hearing an address by James Heenan, Chief of the Groups in Focus, Human Rights Treaties Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

Jan Kara, the new Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic 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. Kara had been serving as Director of the…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this afternoon considered Cabo Verde’s implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families in the absence of a…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Conference on…

Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Colombia, Costa Rica, Niger, Suriname, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Czech Republic, Norway and the Netherlands The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-seventh session after adopting its…