Experts to Discuss Biosafety and Biosecurity, as well as Oversight, Education, Awareness Raising, and Codes of Conduct The 2008 Meeting of Experts from States parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held in Geneva from 18 to 22 August 2008. The Meeting of Experts is part of a…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Committee of the Red…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the Universal Postal Union, the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office…

The first session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will be held from 4 to 15 August 2008, in Room XIX of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Advisory Committee is scheduled to elect its officers, adopt its agenda and organization of work, discuss the mandate…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined eighth to twelfth periodic report of Namibia on how that State party is fulfilling its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Tousy Namiseb, Chief…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $982,318,000.00 to three Governments for distribution to 18 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 6 claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and 12 claims in…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of…

International negotiations to address the humanitarian challenges posed by cluster munitions made further progress this month as the Group of Governmental Experts to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) concluded its third 2008 Session today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. For…

Adopts Final Conclusions and Recommendations on Reports of the United Kingdom, France, San Marino and Ireland The Human Rights Committee concluded today its ninety-third session, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted by the…