Hears Closing Remarks by the Netherlands as the Outgoing President The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement by Indonesia on behalf of the Group of 21 on nuclear disarmament and closing remarks by the Netherlands as President of the Conference. It also heard from Myanmar, the…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Ukraine on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Vasyl Shevchenko, First Deputy Minister for Social Policy of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined nineteenth to twenty-first report of the Netherlands on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Following the 2010…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Kenya on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Githu Muigai, Attorney-General of Kenya, said that Kenya had been one of the first States to…

Informal Group of Observer States Presents a Working Paper on the Enlargement of the Conference The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from Japan commemorating the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, from the new Permanent Representative of…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first and twenty-second report of Norway on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Solveig Horne, Minister of…

Andre Pung, the new Permanent Representative of Estonia 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 Geneva posting, Mr. Pung served for five years as the Director General of the…

Hears statements from United Nations Partners and Non-Governmental Organizations The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning opened its fourteenth session with an address by a representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee adopted its agenda and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard from civil society stakeholders from Norway and the Netherlands, ahead of reviews of their reports this week. Speakers said a strong anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiment was rising in the political discourse in Norway…