The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its seventy-fifth session from 30 April to 2 May 2013 under the Presidency of Ambassador Peter Woolcott (Permanent Representative of Australia). Delegations from Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will address the…

Elects New Bureau with Zdzislaw Kedzia as Chairperson The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its fiftieth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing an address from Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon met with non-governmental organization (NGOs) that briefed it on the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in Iran, Azerbaijan and Japan, whose reports will…

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 Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Food…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Colombia, Bolivia and Azerbaijan The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its eighteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and…

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $1.13 billion to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding balance. With this payment, the Compensation Commission has paid out $41.2 billion of its total awarded amount of $52.4…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section 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 of…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today held a Day of General Discussion on the role of migration statistics for treaty reporting and migration policies, with contributions from a panel of experts on the subject, followed by a…

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 Refugees, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Economic Commission for Europe, the Human Rights…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Uruguay and France The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its fourth session this afternoon, adopting its annual report to the General Assembly and agreeing its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial reports of Uruguay and…