The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning heard statements from a series of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the situation of racism, racial discrimination and related intolerance in Georgia and Ukraine. In advance of the Committee’s review of the periodic…

Recommendations Deal with Traditional Values, International Solidarity, Right to Peace, Right to Food and International Cooperation The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning adopted five recommendations to be transmitted to the Human Rights Council for approval on the promotion of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has concluded its consideration of the fifth through twelfth periodic reports of the Maldives on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The report of the Maldives was presented…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today concluded its seventh session during which it adopted five recommendations to the Human Rights Council, submitted a letter to the Human Rights Council to consider holding a special session on the food crisis in the Horn of Africa, appointed five…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna…

The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning in which it discussed the way forward on the work of the Conference. During the discussion, one speaker said that the Conference was not a money-consuming discussion forum, but supposedly the sole multilateral negotiating body for…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today discussed its agenda item on the annual programme of work, including new priorities. Latif Hüseynov, Advisory Committee Chairperson, said that this morning the Advisory Committee met in private to identify further research proposals for suggestion…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has concluded its consideration of the combined initial through third periodic reports of Paraguay on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. The report…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today continued to discuss requests addressed to the Advisory Committee stemming from the Human Rights Council resolutions and took up the issues of promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms through a better understanding of traditional values of…

Tamara Kunanayakam, the new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka 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 her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Kunanayakam served as a consultant…