The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined initial and second to ninth periodic reports of Benin, with Committee Experts commending the State on establishing its national human rights institution, and asking questions on the…

  M. Einar Gunnarsson a présenté aujourd'hui à Mme Tatiana Valovaya, Directrice générale de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève, les pouvoirs l'accréditant comme Représentant permanent de l’Islande auprès de l'Office. Avant cette nomination, M. Gunnarsson était, depuis 2021, Ambassadeur au…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons of the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and seventh session in Geneva, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Benin, Nicaragua, United States of America, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Zimbabwe and Suriname. The Committee…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing. Mr. LeBlanc announced that on Thursday, 11 August at 10 a.m., the International Labour Organization (ILO) would hold a virtual press conference to…

  Entamant les travaux de la troisième et dernière partie de sa session annuelle, qui doit se clore le 16 septembre prochain, la Conférence du désarmement a entendu ce matin les délégations des coordonnateurs des cinq organes subsidiaires (créés en vertu de la décision CD/WP.639/Rev.1 adoptée…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Appeal for the Horn of Africa Ibrahima Soce Fall, World…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and the representatives of Unitaid, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, and the United Nations…

  The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Botswana, Nicaragua, State of Palestine, and the United Arab Emirates. Going over some of the main aspects of the concluding observations, Claude Heller…

  The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its one hundred and thirty-fifth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of the Luxembourg, Uruguay, Ireland, Georgia, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and Macao Special…