Holds Informal Meeting and Hears Statements from 19 Non-Governmental Organizations The Seventh Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction this afternoon concluded…

States Parties Hear Video Message from Secretary-General of the United Nations, Begin General Debate The Seventh Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction this…

The Seventh Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction this afternoon continued its general debate. In the general debate some States said that the possibility…

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 United Nations Development Programme, the Conference of the Convention on Biological Weapons, the World Bank…

Roderick van Schreven, the new Permanent Representative of the Netherlands 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 appointment to Geneva, Mr. van Schreven had been…

The Human Rights Council this morning began a Special Session to examine the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic in light of the report of the Commission of Inquiry. The session was convened after the Council received a request from the European Union, backed by 29 other Member…

Issues Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Estonia, Israel, Turkmenistan, Cameroon and Argentina The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has concluded its three-week forty-seventh session, adopting its report and issuing its concluding observations and…

Concludes Special Session on Situation of Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its Special Session on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic in light of the report of the Commission of Inquiry, adopting a resolution in which…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic in which it established a mandate of a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic. The resolution came at the end of a Special Session, the…

States Parties Set to Examine the Operation of the Biological Weapons Convention and Chart its Course for the Next Five Years Representatives of the 165 States parties to the Biological Weapons Convention will meet in Geneva from 5 to 22 December 2011 for the seventh five-yearly review of the…