Good evening. I’m impressed to see all of you here so late. Thank you. We have just concluded a meeting of the Large Body. We had, as you all remember, a very good opening session on Wednesday. I think it was dignified, solemn and that we rose to the historic occasion. The last two days have…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Lithuania on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Experts urged the State party to fully implement the…

Arabic version On the occasion of the launch of the Syrian-led, Syrian-owned Constitutional Committee facilitated by the United Nations, the Special Envoy for Syria welcomes to Geneva the 150 members of the committee, namely: 50 Members nominated by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Bosnia and Herzegovina on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Experts asked what measures had the…

Rachid Belbaki, the new Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Belbaki had been serving as Consul…

Arabic versionغير بيدرسن المبعوث الخاص للأمم المتحدة لسوريا الكلمة الافتتاحية للجنة الدستورية جنيف – قصر الأمم – 30 تشرين الأول/أكتوبر 2019 السادة أعضاء اللجنة الدستورية، الرئيس المشارك السيد أحمد كزبري، الرئيس المشارك السيد هادي البحرة. مرحباً بكم جميعاً في قصر الأمم، وفي إطلاق أعمال اللجنة…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued the first reading of its draft General Comment No. 37 on article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of peaceful assembly. The Committee adopted 13 paragraphs, four from the fourth part relating to…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for…

On the eve of its launch, I welcome the unique opportunity provided by the Syrian-owned and Syrian-led Constitutional Committee that will be inaugurated tomorrow in Geneva with the UN’s facilitation. For the first time, the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic and the opposition Syrian…

the Human Rights Committee this morning continued the first reading of draft General Comment No. 37 on article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right of peaceful assembly, adopting 1 paragraphs, all from the fourth part relating to the limitations on the right…