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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the International…

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available approximately $1.3 billion to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s two remaining claims with outstanding balances. With this payment, the Compensation Commission has paid out $40.1 billion of its total awarded…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial report of Slovakia on its implementation of the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and the initial report on the…

United Nations Secretary-General’s Message Urges the Conference to End the Stalemate to Avoid Jeopardizing its Credibility The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary of its 2013 session, hearing a message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, remarks by the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial report of Niue on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Committee for the first time used teleconferencing technology to examine the report of this remote small island state…

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 High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon reviewed the initial report of the Philippines on how that country implements the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Introducing…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Burkina Faso on the implementation of the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the implementation of…

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

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Guinea on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Hadja Diaka Diakite, Minister for Social Affairs and Advancement of Women and Children of Guinea, spoke about the…