The Ninth Annual Conference of the States parties to the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Amended Protocol II), annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be…

Andreas Hadjichrysanthou, the new Permanent Representative of Cyprus 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, Mr. Hadjichrysanthou had been…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the fourth periodic report of Costa Rica on how that country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Introducing the report, Gioconda Ubeda, Special Missions…

Wunna Maung Lwin, the new Permanent Representative of Myanmar 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, since September 2006, Mr. Lwin had been…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard from Prince Mired Bin Raad Al-Hussein of Jordan on the upcoming Landmine Convention meeting, to be hosted by Jordan. The briefing also provided information about other disarmament…

The Committee against Torture today discussed a draft General Comment on Article 2 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which requires States parties to take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its thirty-ninth session, during which it will examine measures taken by Costa Rica, Ukraine, San Marino, Belgium and Paraguay to comply with the standards of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights…

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its thirty–ninth session by hearing an address by a representative of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and adopting its agenda and programme of work. Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Treaties and Council Branch…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon held a dialogue with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and then heard statements from representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with respect to the reports of Costa Rica,…

The First Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW), annexed to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), will be held on 5 November 2007 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Ambassador Johannes C. Landman of the Netherlands, who…