The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighteenth to twentieth periodic report of Fiji on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today held a meeting under its review procedure to discuss how Belize was implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, in the absence of a report from the State party. Fatimata-…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined sixteenth to eighteenth periodic report of Senegal on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing…

The Conference on Disarmament today continued with its schedule of activities to discuss the issues on its agenda and held a thematic discussion on three items of its agenda: new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons including radiological weapons, a comprehensive…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined initial to third periodic report of Thailand on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the…

Advisory Committee Concludes Ninth Session The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning adopted seven recommendations to be transmitted to the Human Rights Council for approval on human rights and issues related to terrorist hostage-taking, human rights and international solidarity,…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its ninth session after adopting seven recommendations to the Human Rights Council concerning human rights and issues related to terrorist hostage-taking, human rights and international solidarity, traditional values of humankind, the…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning discussed follow-up to reports of the Committee submitted to the Human Rights Council on the promotion of the right of peoples to peace and on the enhancement of international cooperation. It then discussed its agenda and annual programme of…