Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the International Labour Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health…

Also Hears Statement from Women's International League for Peace and Freedom) The Conference on Disarmament today heard addresses from a number of States on a range of issues, focusing on nuclear disarmament and the need to begin negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty. The President…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the sixth and seventh periodic reports of the Czech Republic on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Andrea…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon heard presentations from Committee Experts on recent progress made in the Working Group on Reservations and in the Working Group on People of African Descent. The Working Group on Reservations was established at the request of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the initial to ninth periodic reports of Antigua and Barbuda on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Karen A.…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the second and third periodic reports of Liechtenstein on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Patrick Ritter…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Strategy for Disaster…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the fourth to seventh periodic reports of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard 10 statements marking the eighth anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, and discussing the issue of transparency in…