The Committee against Torture this afternoon considered the issue of follow-up to individual communications and to concluding observations, hearing oral presentations by Committee Members on each topic. Presenting the report on follow-up to individual communications, Committee Expert Fernando…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization,…

The Sixth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction continued its general debate this morning, during which speakers raised such issues as…

Hears Statements by Mexico, Egypt and World Health Organization The Sixth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction continued with its…

UN Secretary-General Urges Conference to Take Further Steps to Ensure that Convention will Continue to Serve as an Effective Barrier against Biological Weapons The Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention opened this morning, hearing United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan…

The Sixth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and Their Destruction continued its general debate this afternoon, hearing speakers raise issues related to…

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 Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations…

The Third Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, presided by Ambassador François Rivasseau of France, concluded successfully on Friday, 17 November 2006 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Ambassador Rivasseau was assisted by Friends of the President…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has considered the initial report of Albania on how that country implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Ferit Hoxha, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Albania,…

United Nations Secretary-General to Address Opening of Conference on 20 November States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet in Geneva from 20 November to 8 December for the Sixth Review Conference of the Convention. BWC review conferences are held every five years to…