Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination…

Chairperson herald successful start to the new intersessional work programme The 2012 Meeting of Experts from States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was held in Geneva from 16 to 20 July 2012. The Meeting of Experts was the first meeting in a new intersessional process created…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued its discussion on working methods, specifically its proposed retreat to The Hague in 2013, the forthcoming Day of General Discussion to take place in October 2012 and the mandate of the Working Group on Communications for its next session. It was…

Ravinatha Pandukabhaya Aryasinha, the new Permanent Representative of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 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…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon discussed the report of the chairpersons of the human rights treaty bodies on their twenty third meeting and the guidelines on independence and impartiality of treaty bodies’ members. The Committee was also briefed on the outcomes of the meeting of its…

The Human Rights Committee considered yesterday afternoon and this morning the third periodic report of Kenya on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Eugene Wamalwa, Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs of…

The Human Rights Committee has concluded its consideration of the second and third periodic report of Armenia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Ashot Hovakimian, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, introduced the report…

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 UN Development Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Office of the High…

The Human Rights Committee this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Expert Mechanism on the Right of Indigenous Peoples in which it discussed the right to self-determination and the right to participation in decision-making, and ways the Committee would work more closely with indigenous…

First meeting of a new intersessional work programme The 2012 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 16 to 20 July. The BWC prohibits the development, production and stockpiling of biological and toxin Weapons. The 2012…