The 2008 Meeting of Experts of the States parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War, annexed to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), concluded on Friday, 4 July 2008 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Ambassador Edvardas Borisovas of Lithuania, President-designate…

The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its ninety-third session, adopting its agenda and programme of work and hearing an address by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang on the recent developments in the human rights arena. Ms. Kang said among important developments…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee…

The Third 2008 Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the High Contracting Parties to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) will convene from 7…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High…

The first ever informal Meeting of Experts on the Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW), annexed to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), shall take place from Wednesday, 2 July to Friday, 4 July 2008 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Ambassador Edvardas Borisovas of…

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 Refugee Agency, the World Trade Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Health Organization.…

Conference Holds Last Public Plenary of Second Part of 2008 Session The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement by Javier Solana, the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, who urged the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour…

The United States, as Incoming President of the Conference, Proposes Informal Discussions on All Core Issues during Third Part of 2008 Session of Conference The Conference on Disarmament today heard statements from Australia, Japan, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Canada, France, Sri Lanka…