Hears Address by Representative of Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its seventieth session at Palais Wilson in Geneva. The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, during which it…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its sixty-second session from 20 to 22 February 2007. At the opening plenary meeting, the Governing Council will elect a new president and one of the two vice-presidents of the Council to replace Greece and Japan…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the fight against terrorism, the situation in Sudan, violence in Guinea, flooding in Mozambique, the situation of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons,…

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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food…

Also Discusses Negative Security Assurances The Conference on Disarmament today heard statements from 17 countries, mainly focusing on the question of prevention of an arms race in outer space, as well as on negative security assurances. Several speakers expressed their concern over the anti-…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High…

Negotiation of Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty Could Be First Step, Speakers Say The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard 11 interventions on agenda item 1, cessation of a nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament. Germany, who spoke on behalf of the European Union, and Japan, stressed…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was addressed by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Kenya, Mali, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Suriname, Malaysia and Chile The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its forty-fourth session and issued its conclusions and recommendations on the situation of children in Kenya, Mali, Honduras, the…