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…

The Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the 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) will be held from 7 to 13 November 2007 at the Palais des Nations in…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Georgia, Libya, Austria, Costa Rica and Algeria The Human Rights Committee today concluded its ninety-first session, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted by…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations…

Babacar Carlos Mbaye, the new Permanent Representative of Senegal 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. Mbaye has been serving as Senegal’s…

The Human Rights Committee this morning discussed and adopted the progress reports of the Special Rapporteur for Follow-up to Concluding Observations, and of the Special Rapporteur for Follow-up to Views. The report of the Special Rapporteur for Follow-up to Concluding Observations (CCPR/C/91/R.1…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium), today concluded its sixty-fourth session. Representatives of Kuwait and Iraq addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening plenary meeting. At the…

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Economic…

The Human Rights Committee, which is charged with overseeing implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, this afternoon discussed the reinforcement of its follow-up activities to Views under the Optional Protocol to the Covenant and Concluding Observations under…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its sixty-fourth session on 30 and 31 October 2007 under the Presidency of Ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium). During the session, the Governing Council will discuss various issues relating to the work of the…