Establishes a Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, Creates an Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Accountability of Private Military and Security Companies, and Extends Mandates on Burundi, Myanmar, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Sudan and Somalia The…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Cyprus, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Ecuador, Guinea, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, and Vanuatu The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-sixth session after adopting its concluding…

Mr. President, 1. Let me update you first on the latest developments, and then turn to the way ahead on the political track and the implementation of Security Council resolution 2254. 2. First, what’s happening on the ground. The Amman discussions and the meetings which have taken place very…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the…

On 21 September 2017, Samoa deposited its instrument of accession to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) with the US Government which is one of three Depositary Governments of the Convention. Samoa’s accession to the BWC brings its total membership to 179 States Parties. The Chairman of…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for…

GENEVA, 21 September 2017 (Issued as received) - The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli of El Salvador, announced today the appointment of Andrew Clapham of the United Kingdom to serve as a member of the Council-mandated body charged with…

49th meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism See text in Russian below. On 19 September 2017, the 49th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the chairmanship of the United Nations with the participation of Georgian,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the…

The Conference on Disarmament has concluded its 2017 session, which was held from 23 January to 31 March; 15 May to 30 June; and 31 July to 15 September 2017. During the session, the Presidency of the Conference was successively assumed by Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovakia,…