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

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the…

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $240 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council…

The Committee against Torture this morning opened its sixty-sixth session, hearing a statement by Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda. Mr. Salama remarked that the Committee’s session was…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its ninety-eighth session during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Andorra, Guatemala, Hungary, Lithuania and Zambia. The Committee heard an address by Maja Andrijasevic-Boko, Chief a.i. of the Civil,…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Chile, Italy and Peru, and the Guiding Principles for the Search for Disappeared Persons The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its sixteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the…

Mohamed El Habib Bal, the new Permanent Representative of Mauritania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Before his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Bal had served as Mauritania’s Ambassador…

Mani Prasad Bhattarai, the new Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Bhattarai had been serving as Joint…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning held separate meetings with States, and with non-governmental organizations. In her opening remarks, Suela Janina, Committee Chairperson, recalled that the Committee had concluded an intensive week, during which it had held constructive…

The Group of Governmental Experts to consider the role of verification in advancing nuclear disarmament, established by UN General Assembly resolution 71/67of 2016, concluded its work today with the adoption of a consensual report. Following the adoption of the final report of the Group, the Chair…