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

Secretary-General of United Nations Warns that the Conference Is in Danger of Sinking The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary of its 2012 session during which it adopted its agenda and heard a message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as well as…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the report of Togo on how that country is implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. Pilar Nores, the Committee Expert acting as Rapporteur…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic report of Togo on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yacoubou Koumadjo Hamadou, Minister of Arts and Culture of Togo, said that Togo had a population of 6.…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission on Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Madagascar on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Rakotomaharo Rajemison, Permanent Representative of Madagascar to the United Nations Office at…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2012 session on Tuesday, 24 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open under the presidency of Ecuador. The presidency of the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Myanmar on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the report, U Maung Wai, Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the reports of Azerbaijan on how that country is implementing the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on children involved in armed conflict.…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on how that country is implementing the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on children involved in armed conflict. Marie-Therese Kenge Ngomba Tshilombayi,…