GENEVA (30 April 2019) - The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Germany on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Peter Jugel,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighteenth to twenty-fifth periodic report of Hungary on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…

Special Envoy Pedersen: I was very pleased with the broad support to my five priorities from the Security Council. I am sure you listened just as carefully as I did to that. As you heard, my first priority is to deepen the dialogue with the Syrian government and with the SNC, the opposition, to be…

Mr President (Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, Germany), 1. Thank you for this opportunity to brief this Council for the second time. I have spent the last eight weeks shuttling between the Syrian Government and opposition and consulting key players. 2. I am doing everything I can to move forward on…

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an informal meeting with representatives of non-governmental organizations from Hungary, whose report on the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial…

Christopher Grima, the new Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Grima served as an Advisor on global issues at…

SE: First of all, as you know, I was here to have consultations with the Astana Guarantors - so I had good discussions with the Russians, the Iranians and the Turks and also with others. And of course we did not expect before we came to have an agreement on the Constitutional Committee, but to…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Mexico on measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Marta Delgado Peralta, Undersecretary of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined sixteenth and seventeenth periodic report of Guatemala on measures taken to implement the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…