The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic report of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Ri Tcheul, Permanent…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today reviewed the fourth periodic report of Armenia on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Arman Kirakossian, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia…

The second session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will be held from 26 to 30 January 2009 in Room XVII of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Committee will consider requests addressed to it stemming from Human Rights Council resolutions and is expected to…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from the representatives of six countries who discussed the deadlock in the Conference, calling upon the Conference to move forwards on negotiations and arrive at a programme of work, in a context of transparency and reform. Austria said…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women today considered the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in Dominica, in the absence of a report. Ruth Allport, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Community Development, Culture,…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Upio Kakura Wapol, Minister for Human Rights of the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health…

Speakers Raise Issues Relating to Deadlock in Conference and Situation in Gaza The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its 2009 session, hearing a message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations and general statements on the deadlock in the Conference and on the situation in…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the combined second and third periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It also considered the Republic of Moldova’s initial report under the…

The Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women this morning elected its new board, electing by consensus a new Chairperson, Naela Gabr, as well as three vice-chairpersons and a Rapporteur. It then heard a presentation of the report of the pre-session Working Group for the forty-third…