The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the fifteenth to nineteenth periodic reports of India on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the report, Swashpawan Singh…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the tenth to thirteenth periodic reports of Israel on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Itzhak Levanon,…

Kim Howells, the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, today briefed the Conference on Disarmament on the Government’s decision to maintain a nuclear deterrent. Mr. Howells, who is responsible for disarmament issues, said that at the end of last year, the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning considered the situation in Nicaragua and the Republic of the Congo under its review procedure for countries whose reports are seriously overdue. It received a preliminary report from Nicaragua, and heard statements from…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium), today concluded its sixty-second session. At this session, the Council elected Belgium as President, and Indonesia as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Governing…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the seventeenth and eighteenth periodic reports of Canada on that country’s implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report,…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the Information Service of the United Nations in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies…

Incoming President of Conference Outlines Programme of Work for Next Four Weeks The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from the European Union on the use of radiological materials by terrorists and on a comprehensive programme of disarmament, as well as a general statement by…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning discussed its general guidelines regarding the form and contents of reports to be submitted by States parties under article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention and decided to review them in order to take into consideration the…