The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the second periodic report of Mauritius on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Indranee Seebun, Minister of Women’s Rights, Child Development, Family Welfare…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first plenary of its 2006 session on Tuesday, 24 January, at the Palais des Nations. The session will open under the presidency of the Ambassador Zdzislaw Rapacki of Poland. The…

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné, aujourd'hui, le deuxième rapport périodique de la Hongrie sur les mesures prises par ce pays pour se conformer aux dispositions de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant. Présentant le rapport de son pays, M. Attila Mesterházy, Secrétaire d'État…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the second periodic report of Lithuania on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report was Violeta Murauskaite, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Social Security and…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning held an informal meeting with the States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on its methods of work. During the meeting, the Committee informed the States parties of its experiences with the new method of work for the…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, and the…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Andorra 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 Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the second periodic report of Trinidad and Tobago on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report was Glenda Morean-Phillip, High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Ghana on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In opening remarks to the Committee, Alima Mahama, Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs of Ghana, said…