The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning reviewed the initial report of Sudan on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. In opening remarks…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the second periodic report of Uruguay on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Maria Elena Martinez, Director of Human Rights of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay, in…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Nepal, Hungary, Netherlands (Antilles), Finland and Latvia The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded on 18 May its three-week spring session by adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Nepal,…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the second and third periodic reports of the Maldives on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Aishath Mohamed Didi, Minister of Gender and the Family of the Maldives, introducing the…

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 Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Slovakia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Igor Grexa, Director-General for Legal and Consular Affairs at the Ministry of…

Algeria on behalf of Arab Group, Iran, Cuba, Nigeria, Pakistan, Canada, Egypt and Netherlands Reiterate Position The Conference on Disarmament today heard China clarify its position on a presidential draft decision aimed at starting substantive work in the Conference, and then listened to Algeria…

Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Addresses Meeting The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its forty-fifth session, adopting its agenda, swearing in new Members, and electing its Bureau. Kyung-Wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, also addressed the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency and the International…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Denmark, Luxembourg, Italy, Netherlands, Ukraine, Japan and Poland The Committee against Torture today concluded its thirty-eighth session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Denmark, Luxembourg, Italy, the…