The Conference on Disarmament today heard a statement from Switzerland, which took stock of 2006 disarmament activities, focusing on the issues of conventional weapons control, space security and a treaty banning the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices.…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon held an informal meeting with the States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to discuss its methods of work, in particular the experience of the Committee with the two chamber working method; follow-up to the Secretary-General…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme. and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.…

The Conference on Disarmament today heard general statements from Cuba and Turkey in which they outlined their priorities in the spheres of disarmament and non-proliferation. In its statement, Cuba recalled and supported the conclusions reached on disarmament and international security at the Non-…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Kyrgyzstan on how that country is implementing the provisions of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child…

The United Nations Compensation Commission made available on 25 January a total of $391,491,357.30 to seven Governments for distribution to 44 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 14 claims in category E (claims of corporations, other private legal entities and public sector…

The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, today announced that the High-Level Mission to Darfur will be led by Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and co-founder of the Nobel Women's Initiative established in 2006. Sima Samar, Special Rapporteur on the…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the third periodic report of Chile on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Clarisa Hardy, Minister of Planning of Chile, said that Chile wanted to ensure and…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial report of Malaysia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Datuk Faizah Mohd Tahir, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Women, Family and…