Ambassador Taonga Mushayavanhu of Zimbabwe, during the first plenary of the Conference on Disarmament under the presidency of his country, outlined his vision and plans for this last presidency of the 2019 session, which he said would focus on the adoption of the annual report. Zimbabwe took the...

Hate speech, anti-Semitism, and racial discrimination in sports were also discussed Roma’s access to education, employment, and adequate housing, as well as the emergence of new forms of extremism were among topics broached by Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination...

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination raised issues concerning nationalist groups and endangered languages as it considered the combined twenty-third and twenty-fourth periodic report of Mongolia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention...

The spread of hate speech online and the relative absence of extreme and far-right parties were among topics broached by Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination as it considered the combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic report of Iceland on its implementation...

Holds Last Plenary under the Presidency of Viet Nam The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded its discussion on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, which it started on 14 August. This was the last plenary under the presidency of Viet Nam. At the beginning of the dialogue...

Conference on Disarmament Discusses the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space Tatiana Valovaya, the newly appointed Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, addressed the Conference on Disarmament for the first time this...

Anti-Semitism and the situation of Roma and people of African descent were among issues raised by Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination as it considered the combined initial and second periodic report of the State of Palestine on its implementation of the...

Also Hears Statements on the Situation in the Korean Peninsula The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held a brief plenary meeting, following which it held consultations in an informal setting on document CD/WP.622 entitled “Draft decision on possible elements of a programme of work” and...

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its review of the combined eighteenth to twenty-first periodic report of Mexico on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination....

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a substantive discussion on the issue of prevention of nuclear war, including all related matters. President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Duong Chi Dung of Viet Nam, welcomed the participants in the panel discussion on the prevention...