Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Bahrain, Cameroon, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Finland The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-seventh session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports…

Took action on its seven mandates, including four new mandates on sport, local government, unilateral coercive measures and albinism The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee concluded today its twelfth session, held from 24 to 28 February, adopting seven recommendations to the Human Rights…

Faisal bin Abdulla Al-Henzab, the new Permanent Representative of Qatar 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. Al-Henzab had been serving…

Secretary-General to Open Session; High-level Segment to Feature some 100 Dignitaries; Presentations by Commissions of Inquiry on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Syria; Over 100 Reports to be Presented Covering Wide Range of Human Rights Themes and Countries The Human Rights Council…

Wu Hailong, the new Permanent Representative of China 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. Wu had been serving as Head of the Mission of…

Brazil, Iraq and Algeria Address the Conference The Conference on Disarmament held a public plenary this morning, hearing the President say that a common will had clearly emerged to re-establish the Informal Working Group on a programme of work and a draft decision would be circulated by the end…

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

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, International Organization for Migration, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Honduras, Montenegro, Belgium, Poland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg and Switzerland The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its twelfth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 24 to 28 February 2014. During the session, the Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human Rights Council, will work on requests…