The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this afternoon discussed human rights in post-disaster and post-conflict situations. Wolfgang Stefan Heinz, Chairperson of the Advisory Committee recalled that in accordance with resolution 22/16 of the Human Rights Council the Advisory Committee had been…

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

Third Meeting of a New Intersessional Work Programme The 2013 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 12 to 16 August. The BWC prohibits the development, production and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons. The 2013…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its eleventh session from 12 to 16 August 2013 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 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…

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

Continues to Discuss Proposal by Secretary-General of the Conference to Establish a Working Group to Produce a Programme of Work The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting in which it heard a statement by Japan marking the sixty-eighth anniversary of the Hiroshima and…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, and the World Health Organization. Democratic Republic of Congo Patrick…

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

The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed a proposal made by the Secretary-General of the Conference to establish a working group to produce a programme of work. Ambassador Mohammad Sabir Ismail of Iraq, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said he had…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Cuba, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Cape Verde, United Kingdom, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-fifth session and adopted…