Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Independent Experts on Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation and on Extreme Poverty The Human Rights Council this morning heard statements by the Chairperson of the Open-Ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, and thematic reports presented by the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human…

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné aujourd'hui le rapport périodique du Burundi sur la mise en œuvre de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant. Le rapport du Burundi a été présenté par la Ministre de la solidarité nationale, des droits de la personne humaine et du genre, Mme…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina on how that country is implementing the provisions of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of…

Concludes Interactive Dialogue on Contemporary Forms of Slavery and on Mercenaries The Human Rights Council this morning started its clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity and the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Sierra Leone on how that country is implementing the provisions of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children,…

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné aujourd'hui le rapport périodique de l'Espagne sur les mesures prises par ce pays pour assurer la mise en œuvre de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant. Présentant le rapport de son pays, Mme María Luisa García Blanco, Chef de la Sous-Direction…

Concludes Interactive Debate on Human Rights and International Solidarity and on Dumping of Toxic Waste The Human Rights Council this afternoon started its clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Population Fund, the World Intellectual Property, the Global Fund, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning adopted its annual report to the General Assembly and discussed the upcoming high-level meeting on disarmament that will take place on 24 September in New York on revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral…