Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN…

Examines Reports under Convention, and under Optional Protocols on Children in Armed Conflict and on Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its review of the initial report of Timor-Leste on how that country is…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Address the Opening Meeting The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2008 session on Wednesday, 23 January, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, which will be…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined initial and second periodic reports of Saudi Arabia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Zeid bin Abdul…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined second, third and fourth periodic reports of Burundi on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Rose Nduwayo, Vice-…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has considered the second, third and fourth periodic reports of Bolivia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Celima Torrico, Minister of…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about Geneva Activities, in particular highlighting the first session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women since its move to Geneva; United…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its forty-seventh session during which it will review the promotion and protection of children's rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Timor-Leste and the Dominican Republic. The Committee will also consider the…

Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Says the Committee Will Push Entire Human Rights Agenda Forward by Prioritising Women’s Rights and Gender Mainstreaming The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its first session in Geneva, hearing a statement…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon discussed with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) the situation of women in Bolivia, Burundi, Saudi Arabia and France whose country reports it will consider this session, following which it heard a statement from the…