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

The Conference on Disarmament held a public plenary this morning under the presidency of Italy, in which it continued discussions on proposals to re-establish the Informal Working Group to help agree a programme of work. Ambassador Vinicio Mati of Italy, the incoming President of the Conference,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held an informal meeting with States parties. The discussion included updates on new working methods and the latest general recommendations, on preventing racial discrimination against people of African descent, and on…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined seventh to ninth periodic reports of Switzerland on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report,…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined fourteenth to seventeenth periodic report of Luxembourg on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Kazakhstan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today completed its consideration of the combined eighth to ninth periodic report of Uzbekistan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Akmal…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Trade Centre, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed a proposal by the President to re-establish the Informal Working Group to help agree on a programme of work for the Conference during 2014, hearing from the United Kingdom, India and Pakistan. Ambassador Eviatar Manor of Israel, the outgoing…