Following is the message of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the 2007 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. It was delivered on his behalf by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, on 7 November 2007 at the…

Following is the message of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Ninth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. It was delivered on his behalf by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Under-Secretary-General and the…

The Committee against Torture this morning examined the fourth periodic report of Portugal on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Francisco Xavier Esteves, Permanent Representative of…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Estonia to questions raised by Committee Experts on the fourth periodic report of that country on how it is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the second and third periodic reports of Paraguay on how that country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Victorina Ruiz Diaz De Espinola, Minister at the Executive…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the third periodic report of Belgium on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Francois Vandamme, Councillor General, Head of the Division of…

The Committee against Torture this morning examined the fourth periodic report of Estonia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Aino Lepik von Wiren, Under Secretary of Legal and Consular…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the response of Norway to questions raised by Committee Experts on the fifth periodic report of that country on how it is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard statements from spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the…

The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Norway on the efforts of that country to give effect to the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Petter Wille, Ambassador for…