The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Germany, today concluded its seventy-fourth session. Delegations from Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening plenary meeting. The Governing…

Secretary-General’s Statement Says that Political Will and Courage is Needed to Achieve the Two-State Solution The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated today at a Special Meeting held at the United Nations Office at Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner…

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 Refugees, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its seventy-fourth session from 27 to 29 November 2012 under the Presidency of Ambassador Hanns Heinrich Schumacher (Permanent Representative of Germany). Delegations from Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Peru, Mexico, Norway, Qatar, Senegal, Tajikistan, Gabon, Russian Federation and Togo The Committee against Torture today concluded its forty-ninth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Peru, Mexico,…

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 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the…

GENEVA (22 November 2012) – While welcoming the ceasefire which started last night, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on Thursday expressed its “deep concern at the devastating and lasting impact the crisis in Gaza and Israel is having on children.” “This impact extends from…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today reviewed the situation in Equatorial Guinea in the absence of a report but in the presence of a delegation which spoke about the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Don…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Iceland on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report of Iceland, Gudridur…

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, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the…