The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Kuwait on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report,…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Reinhard Schweppe (Germany), has today concluded its seventy-second session. At this session, the Council elected South Africa as its second Vice-President. Brazil currently holds the other…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial, second, third and fourth periodic report of Chad on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the World Health Organization, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial, second, third and fourth periodic reports of Lesotho on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.…

Office for Disarmament Affairs Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit Supports International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition Members of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Implementation Support Unit (ISU) from the Office for Disarmament Affairs will take part…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) will hold its seventy-second session from 11 to 13 October 2011 under the Presidency of Ambassador Reinhard Schweppe (Germany). At the opening plenary, the Council will be electing a new Vice-President, as one of two Vice-…

Hears Statements from Non-Governmental Organizations on the Rights of Women in Lesotho, Chad, Kuwait and Côte d’Ivoire The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with non-governmental organizations to discuss the situation of the rights of women in Lesotho…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Joint Services of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, the World Health Organization, the…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Italy, Republic of Korea, Syria, Iceland, Panama, Seychelles and Sweden The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its three-week fifty-eighth session, adopting its report and issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of…