Concludes Mexico’s Presidency of the Conference The Conference on Disarmament today discussed draft proposals on civil society participation and establishment of a working group to review methods of work, and how to proceed on the issue of the Expansion of Membership of the Conference on…

Yvette Morris, Chief of the Radio and Television Section at the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its eighth session today, after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Mexico, Armenia and Serbia, on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from…

Stephen Ndungu Karau, the new Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ndungu Karau was the African…

Also hears from the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research regarding its current crisis In its meeting today the Conference on Disarmament discussed the issue of the expansion of its membership. In an opening statement Jorge Lomonaco, (Mexico), President of the Conference on…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, and the…

Also discusses issues pertaining to its rules of procedure The Conference on Disarmament today discussed a draft proposal for civil society participation, and considered issues pertaining to its rules of procedure, including a new proposal on the establishment of a working group to review its…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Serbia on how that country was implementing the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. Presenting the report, Veljko Odalović,…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon held three separate meetings with States parties to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, with national human rights institutions, and with non-governmental organizations. In the meeting…