Le Comité des disparitions forcées a examiné ce matin un rapport contenant des renseignements complémentaires fournis par la Belgique en application de l’article 29(4) de la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées – lequel prévoit…

Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director  Angeli Achrekar, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director 

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its thirty-second session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Canada, the Dominican Republic, the European Union, Palau, Tuvalu and Viet Nam. The Committee also held a panel discussion on…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner…

Revaz Lominadze, the new Permanent Representative of Georgia 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, Mr. Lominadze had been serving as Deputy Permanent…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held a day of general discussion today on the right of persons with disabilities to participate in political and public life. The day consisted of six panel discussions, hearing from Committee members and civil society representatives on…

 Le Comité des disparitions forcées a examiné, cet après-midi, des renseignements complémentaires soumis par le Pérou en application de l’article 29(4) de la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées, qui prévoit que « le Comité peut…

 Le Comité des disparitions forcées a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport initial de la République centrafricaine portant sur les mesures prises par le pays pour appliquer la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées.Au…

Karinna Moskalenko, chair of the Belarus Group of Independent ExpertsSusan Bazilli, member of the Belarus Group of Independent ExpertsMonika Stanisława Płatek, Belarus Group of Independent Experts

 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of the Gambia, with Committee Experts commending the State on the reparations act, while raising questions on the work of the county’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission and the…