Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Food and…

Urges States to Outlaw Recruitment of Child Soldiers NEW YORK – The Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Ms. Yanghee Lee*, yesterday called upon Somalia and the United States to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The two are the only countries that have not…

The three Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions, Pierre Morel, Special Representative of the European Union, Antti Turunen, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Georgia, and Bolat Nurgaliev, Special Envoy of the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, United Nations Children…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its fourth session, which was primarily devoted to the discussion of its procedures and working methods. The Committee met at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 4 to 8 October 2010. At the opening of its session…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons and representatives of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Guatemala, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka and Sudan The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its three-week fifty-fifth session, adopting its report and issuing its concluding…

The Human Rights Council closed its fifteenth regular session this afternoon after adopting 34 texts which included establishing the mandates of a Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, a Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law…