Adopts Observations and Recommendations on Initial Report of Ecuador The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today presented its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial report of Ecuador, which it considered during this…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the United Nations System Staff College, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this afternoon discussed issues concerning follow-up to the Secretary-General’s study on violence against children, the status of reporting under the Convention, promotion of the Convention and…

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

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, gave the floor at the beginning of the meeting to Michel Kazatchkine, the Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, who spoke about progress in the fight against malaria, and at the…

Dinesh Bhattarai, the new Permanent Representative of Nepal 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, in 2006, Mr. Bhattarai had served as…

Tan York Chor, the new Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Tan served as Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Permanent…

Hears from Representative of High Commissioner for Human Rights and Non-Governmental Organization on Report of Ecuador 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…

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 and Representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Latvia, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Norway, Portugal and Benin as well as General Comment on Article 2 The Committee against Torture today concluded its thirty-ninth session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Latvia,…