Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the International…

Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Opens its Session, Hears Non-Governmental Organization Flag Discriminatory Discourse by High-Level Authorities in Argentina as well as Family Separations The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families…

Committee also Raises Questions Regarding the Independence and Participation of Civil Society The need for inclusive education, notably for persons with intellectual disabilities, was among the issues discussed by Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as it…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

Thank you, Madame President. 1. The scale of violence and instability in Syria is extremely alarming. We have an ever-rising civilian death toll; millions displaced; untold tens of thousands detained or missing; large parts of the Syrian territory fragmented between different actors;…

Also Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Poland, El Salvador, Mexico, the State of Palestine, Iceland, Mongolia and the Czech Republic The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its ninety-ninth session after adopting concluding observations and…

The Second Geneva Dialogue of East Asian Scholars with Senior Officials of the United Nations and other International Organizations will take place from 2 to 4 September 2019. Around 30 distinguished academics and practitioners from the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning continued consultations on its draft annual report to the General Assembly, first in plenary and then in an informal setting. It also heard a statement by Kazakhstan on the International Day against Nuclear Tests. Ambassador Taonga Mushayavanhu of…

Sabina Stadler Repnik, the new Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Until her latest appointment, Ms. Stadler Repnik was Director-General for…

The situation of women, girls and ethnic minorities was among issues highlighted by Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as it considered the initial report of Myanmar on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons…