New Committee Member Matar Diop from Senegal Makes Solemn Declaration   The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon opened its twentieth session online, during which it will examine the initial reports of Mongolia and Switzerland on their implementation of the provisions…

  Situation of Haitians and Venezuelans, as well as New Migration Law Also Discussed   The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Chile on its…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the International Bureau of Education of the United Nations Educational,…

  Le Comité pour la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille a ouvert cet après-midi les travaux de sa trente-deuxième session, qui se tiendra en ligne jusqu’au 16 avril. Pendant cette session, le Comité examinera le deuxième rapport périodique du…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the World Food Programme (WFP) and…

  Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a clos cet après-midi les travaux de sa vingt-quatrième session, qui se tenait en ligne depuis le 8 mars dernier sous la présidence de Mme Rosemary Kayess. Pendant cette session, le Comité a notamment examiné le rapport initial de l’Estonie au…

  Mark Cassayre, the new Permanent Observer of the International Development Law Organization to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Before his appointment to his new post…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),…

  The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its online one hundred and thirty-first session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Finland and Kenya. Photini Pazartzis, Chairperson of the Committee said this session had been one of, if not the…

  La Conférence du désarmement a tenu, ce matin, la dernière séance publique plénière de la première partie de sa session de 2021. Le nouveau Président de la Conférence, l’Ambassadeur Yuri Borissov Sterk de la Bulgarie, a présenté les fruits des consultations qu’il a menées au sujet du…