Adopts Concluding Observations on Report of Paraguay The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its ninth session, adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial report of Paraguay. In closing remarks, Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, the…

Pierre Andre Dunbar, the new Permanent Representative of Haiti 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 to Geneva, Mr. Dunbar had served as Director-General…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today completed its consideration of the second periodic report of Azerbaijan on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today completed its consideration of the second periodic report of Bolivia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held a half-day general discussion on women and girls with disabilities, focusing on the themes of the intersectionality of gender and discrimination, violence against women and girls with disabilities and their and sexual and…

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 World Food Programme, the International Organization…

The sixteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 22 April to 3 May during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today completed its consideration of the second periodic report of Colombia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today completed its consideration of the initial report of Paraguay on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Juan Esteban Aguirre, Permanent Representative…

Geneva, 16 April 2013 - The Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will hold its second session from 22 April to 3 May 2013 at the United Nations Office in Geneva. This meeting is the second of…