The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the fifth periodic report of Pakistan on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The Experts stressed the need for the harmonization of gender…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a brief plenary meeting in the presence of Tatyana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament. Ambassador Rachid Belbaki of Algeria, President of the Conference on…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined fourth to seventh periodic reports of Latvia on how it implements the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Experts urged Latvia to adopt specific gender…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its seventy-fifth session, hearing a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work. Mr…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of civil society organizations from Latvia, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Eritrea, whose reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women…

Le Thi Tuyet Mai, the new Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Le had been serving as Director-General of…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the…

Arabic versionالمبعوث الخاص للأمم المتحدة لسوريا غير بيدرسن إحاطة لمجلس الأمن حول الوضع في شمال غرب سوريا6 شباط/فبراير 2020____السيد الرئيس، 1- شكراً لإتاحة الفرصة لي لتقديم إحاطة حول الوضع المقلق في شمال غرب سوريا، والذي شهد تدهوراً خطيراً منذ الإحاطة التي قُدمت الأسبوع الماضي. فقد تسببت الهجمات…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Austria, Belarus, Costa Rica, Hungary, Rwanda and the State of Palestine The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its eighty-third session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Austria,…