The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held a discussion with States parties on improving dialogue between the Committee and States parties and engagement with the Committee after reporting. During the discussion, Committee Members said the Committee valued the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has concluded its consideration of the eighteenth through twentieth reports of the United Kingdom on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. The report of…

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic and decided to dispatch an independent international commission of inquiry. The passage of the resolution comes at the end of a Special Session held at the request of the…

Abdul Samad Minty, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Africa 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. Minty held a…

Hears address by Cuba’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning, which marked the first under the presidency of Cuba. The Conference also heard an address by the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, and welcomed participants of the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has concluded its consideration of the fifth to eighth periodic reports of Albania on the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination in that country. Filoreta…

Adopts resolution that requires the dispatch of a commission of inquiryAdopts resolution that requires the dispatch of a commission of inquiry The Human Rights Council concluded its seventeenth Special Session, which was convened yesterday and was devoted to “the situation of human rights in the…

Moncef Baati, the new Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Baati served as the General Director of…

The 2011 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats from 25 Member States of the United Nations. The programme will last for a period of nine weeks. Diplomats from the following 25 Member…