The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fourteenth through eighteenth periodic report of Cuba on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report,…

The Conference on Disarmament today heard statements from 20 speakers on a series of topics, ranging from its agenda items on new types of weapons of mass destruction, a comprehensive programme of disarmament and transparency in armaments, to the side events held concerning definitions in a Fissile…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined seventeenth through twentieth periodic report of Bolivia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. The report of Bolivia…

Francois Roux, the new Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Roux had been serving as Chef de Cabinet…

President of Conference Takes Stock of Work in Conference The Conference on Disarmament today held a plenary meeting in which it heard statements by the United States and Morocco. The President of the Conference also took stock of the work carried out so far. Ambassador Marius Grinius of Canada…

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 Bolivia and Uruguay. In advance of the Committee’s review of the periodic…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the…

Adopts Agenda and Programme of Work The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its seventy-eighth session, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Fund Population Fund, the World Food Programme,…

Kouadio Adjoumani, the new Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Adjoumani had been serving as…