The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning held a half-day general discussion on rural women, in view of receiving inputs and contributions for its General Recommendation on rural women that it will start drafting in 2013. In her opening remarks, Nicole Ameline,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental organizations to hear information on the situation of women in Cambodia, Tajikistan and Seychelles, whose reports will be considered during the second week of the session.…

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

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Sao Tome and Principe, Kuwait, Republic of Moldova, Tuvalu, Lithuania, Paraguay, China, Luxembourg and Monaco The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its sixty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined second and third periodic report of Andorra on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report, Joan Carles…

Zambia has deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), bringing the total membership of the Convention to 117 States parties. The accession ceremony took place during this year’s Treaty Event organized by the United Nations in New York under the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fourth periodic report of Benin on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report, Marie-Laurence Sranon Sossou,…

GENEVA (2 October 2013) – Migrants are too often regarded as commodities or economic and political problems instead of human beings, a United Nations Committee has said in an appeal to all countries to join an international treaty that protects the rights of migrant workers. “The International…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined seventh and eighth periodic report of Colombia on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Presenting the report, Nigeria…

Jorge Valero, the new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment in Geneva, Mr. Valero served as the Permanent…