Conference Adopts Annual Report and Concludes 2009 Session This morning the Conference on Disarmament held the last plenary meeting of its 2009 session, adopting its annual report by consensus, and hearing statements from over a dozen delegations, as well as Gabor Iklody, State Secretary of…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning adopted its annual report to the General Assembly by consensus and closed the work of its 2009 substantive session, which officially ends this Friday, 18 September. The major achievement of the Conference this year was the adoption of decision CD/1864 on…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the fourth periodic report of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de) on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Celima Torrico Rojas, Minister of Justice of Bolivia (…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard presentations from the Independent Expert on access to safe water and sanitation, and the Special Rapporteur on toxic wastes, after which it held an interactive discussion with the two Special Procedures, as well as with the Independent Expert on…

Subsequent to the seventh round of the Geneva International Discussions taking place in Geneva on Thursday, 17 September, the three Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions held a Press Conference at the United Nations Office at Geneva. PIERRE MOREL, Special Representative of the European…

George Kaklikis, the new Permanent Representative of Greece 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, since 2006, Mr. Kaklikis had been serving as…

Hears Statement by the Federal Minister for Human Rights of Pakistan The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its general debate on the High Commissioner’s update on the situation of human rights around the world and held an interactive dialogue with the Special Representative of the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Mozambique on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Maria Benvinda Levi, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Mozambique, said that…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard presentation of reports from the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, its causes and consequences; the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; and the Independent Expert on human rights and…

Turkey told the Conference on Disarmament this morning that the main focus should now be to keep the momentum in the Conference and embark on a different phase early next year. Volkan Öskiper, delivering a statement on behalf of the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations…