The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning reviewed the third periodic report of Georgia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Right of the Child and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child…

Marie Heuzé, the 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 Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened it forty-eighth session, adopting its agenda and programme of work, and hearing an address from the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang. Ms. Kang, updating the Committee on developments since its last session in…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Australia, Sweden, Algeria, Costa Rica, Indonesia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Zambia and Iceland The Committee against Torture today concluded its fortieth session after adopting its annual report to the General Assembly and issuing its…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of France, Benin, Bolivia and India The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded its fortieth session today, after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of France, Benin, Bolivia and India, which it…

Hears Statements by Chile, Slovenia on behalf of European Union, Belarus on behalf of East European Group, Morocco, China, Algeria, Indonesia and Pakistan The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary of the second part of its 2008 session, hearing statements by Chile,…

Marie Heuzé, 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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office…

The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture this afternoon presented its first public Annual Report to the Committee against Torture. Silvia Casale, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, said that the Annual Report covered the initial twelve months of the Subcommittee’s operations…

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 the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Children’s…