The Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fifteenth to eighteenth periodic reports of Cameroon on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Joseph Dion Ngute, Minister-Delegate with…

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

Lluís Viu Torres, the new Permanent Representative of Andorra to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Viu Torres, a sportsman and politician, has a long history of involvement…

Ratifications of Convention Reach 80, Triggering Expansion in Committee Membership The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning opened its third session, hearing an introductory statement by a representative of the Secretary-General. This morning the Committee also…

The Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the twelfth and thirteenth periodic reports of Guatemala on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Lars Pira, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Organization for Migration , the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the eighth to thirteenth periodic report of Cambodia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Sun Suon,…

Secretary-General of the Conference Urges All Countries to Show Flexibility; Australia, Norway, India, Japan, Germany and Belarus as President also Address the Conference Pakistan this morning placed before the Conference on Disarmament the rationale of its position on a Fissile Material Cut-Off…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined nineteenth and twentieth periodic report of Argentina on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined sixth to eighth periodic report of Slovakia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Fedor Rosocha…