The 2015 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 10 to 14 August 2015 as part of an inter-sessional programme which seeks to discuss, and promote common understanding and effective action on issues identified for inclusion in the…

Hears Statements from the Netherlands as President of the Conference, Iran, Austria, India and Mexico The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon adopted the report of the Co-Chair of the Informal Working Group on a Programme of Work, hearing statements by the Netherlands as President of 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 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations World Food Programme, Office of the High Commissioner for Human…

Adopts Recommendations on Reports of Iraq, Slovakia and Switzerland The Committee against Torture today concluded its fifty-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Iraq, Slovakia and Switzerland on their implementation of the provisions of…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its fifteenth session, which was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 10 to 14 August 2015. During the session, the Advisory Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human Rights…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined tenth and eleventh periodic report of the Czech Republic on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Andrea Baršová,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighth to tenth periodic report of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination…

The Committee against Torture met in public this afternoon to hear reports from the Rapporteurs on follow-up to implementation of recommendations and on reprisals against persons cooperating with the Committee. Jens Modvig, Committee Member and Rapporteur on follow-up in the fifty-fifth session,…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a meeting in which it discussed the report of the Co-Chair of the Informal Working Group on the Programme of Work, Ambassador of Finland Païvi Kairamo. It heard statements from Finland, India, United States, China, Mexico, Russia, Pakistan,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined thirteenth to fifteenth reports of Suriname on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the report, Henry…