The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Suriname on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Hendrik S. Setrowidjojo, Minister of Social Affairs and Housing of Suriname, said…

Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and China Respond to Remarks Made in Statement of European Union The Conference on Disarmament today adopted its agenda and heard statements by Japan, Germany on behalf of the European Union, France, Kenya, Italy, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Egypt…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Office, the United Nations Environmental Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of…

United Nations Secretary-General Urges Conference to Demonstrate Political Resolve necessary to Take Difficult Measures The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its 2007 session, hearing a message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations and general statements from Poland,…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning decided to carry out a technical review in private of the second periodic report of the Marshall Islands on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. At the beginning of the meeting, the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the Information Service of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Health Organization, the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the third periodic report of Honduras on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Doris García De Zúñiga, Executive Director of the Honduran Institute for Children…

Robert Fillon, the new Permanent Representative of Monaco to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, since April 2003, Mr. Fillon had served as the…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first plenary of its 2007 session on Monday, 22 January, at the Palais des Nations. The session will open under the presidency of Ambassador Glaudine Mtshali of South Africa. The…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Mali on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Diallo M’Bodji Sene, Minister for the Promotion of Women, Children and the Family of…