The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a thematic discussion on agenda item 6 on a comprehensive programme of disarmament, as it met in the first plenary meeting under the Presidency of Canada. Ambassador Leslie Norton of Canada, President of the Conference on Disarmament,…

  Depuis novembre 2020, il n'y a pas de signes tangibles de progrès ou de preuves concrètes d'une amélioration de la situation interne des droits de l'homme en Érythrée. De graves problèmes de droits de l'homme persistent en effet, notamment le recours à la détention arbitraire et prolongée…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today opened its online seventy-ninth session, hearing a statement by Simon Walker Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief of Section One, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High…

  The Human Rights Council this morning opened its forty-seventh regular session, hearing from Nazhat Shameem Khan, President of the Council, and Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who presented an oral update on her annual report as well as a report on the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the Human Rights Council…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its last plenary meeting under the Presidency of Cameroon. Ambassador Salomon Eheth of Cameroon, outgoing President of the Conference on Disarmament, recalled that nine plenary meetings had been held under his Presidency, all of which had…

  Taeho Lee, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.   Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Lee had been serving as Vice…

  Abiodun Richards Adejola, the new Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Adejola had been serving as…

  The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-seventh regular session from 21 June to 13 July 2021 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The hybrid Council will be meeting in room XVIII with most statements delivered virtually. The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 21…

  La Conférence du désarmement a tenu ce matin, sous la présidence de l’Ambassadeur Salomon Eheth du Cameroun, un débat thématique sur le point 5 de son ordre du jour, consacré aux nouveaux types et systèmes d’armes de destruction massive, de même qu’aux armes radiologiques. Deux panélistes…