The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, today concluded the third and last part of its 2006 session after adopting its annual report. In its report, which will be presented to the General Assembly, the Conference said that the substantive…

United States and Syria also Address Conference The Conference on Disarmament this morning, heard a statement from the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, who urged States to commit further to the cause of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) regime, and for all to work…

Session Devoted to Hearing Reports from Council’s Special Procedures The Human Rights Council will hold its second session from 18 September to 6 October 2006. The session will be devoted to hearing the reports of the special procedures of the Council, including Special Rapporteurs, Experts and…

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné, aujourd'hui, le rapport initial de Kiribati sur les mesures prises par ce pays pour se conformer aux dispositions de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant. Les observations finales du Comité sur ce rapport seront adoptées à huis clos et rendues…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Oman on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In opening remarks to the Committee, Sultan bin Yaarib Al Busaidi, Director of Royal Medical Services and…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard from speakers who welcomed the signing of a treaty on 8 September on the establishment of a nuclear weapons free zone in Central Asia by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Kazakhstan said the idea of the nuclear…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons and Representatives of Australia, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations…

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné aujourd'hui le rapport initial du Samoa sur les mesures prises par ce pays pour se conformer aux dispositions de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant. M. Kamal Siddiqui, rapporteur du Comité pour l'examen du rapport du Samoa, a notamment relevé…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the third periodic report of Ethiopia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In opening remarks to the Committee, Ubah Ahmed, State Minister of the Ethiopian Ministry of Women’s…

The Committee on the Rights of the child this morning opened its forty-third session, adopting the agenda and discussing the organisation of work for the session. Jane Connors, Senior Human Rights Officer of the Treaties and Council Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…