The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fifth periodic report of Luxembourg on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Marie-Josée Jacobs, Minister of the…

Conference also Addressed by Foreign Minister of Tunisia, Representatives of Eastern European Group, Group of 21, Western Group and China United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today addressed the opening plenary of the 2008 session of the Conference on Disarmament and renewed his call for…

The first meeting of the 2008 Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the States 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) concluded on…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the third periodic report of Lebanon on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Leila Azouri Jamhouri,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the Secretary-General's travels, in particular his programme in Geneva; the upcoming sixth Special Session of the Human Rights…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of the Dominican Republic on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Tilza Ares, Director-General of the National Council for Children and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Lebanon, Morocco and Sweden whose reports will be considered by the Committee this week. With regards to Lebanon, NGOs said the laws dealing with discrimination…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Wednesday, 23 January at the request of the Group of Arab States and the Group of the Organization of Islamic Conference to consider and take action on “human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning reviewed the initial report of Germany on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. Birgitta-Maria Siefker-Eberle,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of France on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Valerie Letard, Secretary of State in charge…