The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from Turkey as the incoming President of the Conference on overcoming the decade-long stalemate in its work and Germany on the prevention of an arms race in outer space. Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu of Turkey, the incoming President of the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning was briefed on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Julian Burger, Coordinator of the Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Unit of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), who…

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 UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the Economic…

Committee Elects New Bureau; Hears Address by Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its seventy-second session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, during which it will review the reports of Fiji, Italy,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held a dialogue with representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to discuss interaction between national human rights institutions and United Nations human rights…

Engagement Attempt Not Part of An Anti-Satellite Development and Testing Programme, United States Insists Ambassador Christina Rocca of the United States announced United States plans to disable a failing National Reconnaissance Office satellite at a meeting the Conference on Disarmament this…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, at which the Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Filippo Grandi, gave an update on…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from Brazil, Nigeria, Malaysia, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Sri Lanka (speaking also on behalf of the Group of 21), Syria, the Russian Federation, China, Morocco, Italy, Pakistan and Algeria. Ambassador Samir Labidi of Tunisia, outgoing…

Foreign Minister Lavrov Presents Joint Russian-Chinese Draft Treaty To Prevent the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space Sergey Lavrov, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, today officially submitted a joint Russian-Chinese draft Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of…

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