This afternoon the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families held a debate on the second Global Forum on Migration and Development, to be held in Manila on 29 and 30 October 2008, and to which the Committee had been invited to participate as…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families has considered the initial report of Bolivia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.Presenting…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families has considered the initial report of Syria on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.Presenting the…

Chairperson El Jamri Says Committee Entering New Phase, Calls for "More Rigorous" Application of Indivisibility of Rights And Stricter Recommendations The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this morning held a brief public meeting at…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was addressed by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director-General of the United Nations Office at…

Peter Gooderham, the new Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom 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, Mr. Gooderham had been…

Hears from Representative of High Commissioner for Human Rights The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, which reviews the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this afternoon heard from a non-governmental organization, the Scalabrini International Migration Network, on the report to be presented by Bolivia to the Committee later this week. Leonir Chiarello…

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 of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency…

International efforts to address the humanitarian challenges posed by cluster munitions received an additional boost this week. The Group of Governmental Experts to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons concluded its second 2008 Session today at the Palais des Nations. In a productive…