Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the UNTV, Radio & Webcast Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by the representatives and spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the combined second and third periodic report of the Republic of Korea on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  Committee Experts commended the Republic of…

Răzvan-Victor Rusu, the new Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Rusu had been serving as the Permanent…

  Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées (CRPD) a examiné, hier et aujourd’hui, le rapport présenté par la Nouvelle-Zélande au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées. Plusieurs mesures prises récemment par la Nouvelle-Zélande, parmi lesquelles la…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today held a day of general discussion on its proposed general recommendation on racial discrimination and the right to health. The day was comprised of three panel discussions focusing on racial discrimination in health as…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World…

  Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées (CRPD, selon l’acronyme anglais) a examiné, hier et aujourd’hui, le premier rapport soumis par le Japon au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées. Un expert du Comité a déploré l'institutionnalisation de…

  The Conference on Disarmament today held its first plenary under the presidency of Ambassador Emilio Rafael Izquierdo Miño of Ecuador, who said subsidiary bodies three and five, on the prevention of an arms race in outer space and on new types of weapons of mass destruction respectively,…

It is good to be back in Istanbul and I thank Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar and the Government of Türkiye for your warm welcome.  I thank you even more for your pivotal role in the Black Sea Grain Initiative. At the heart of this initiative is the Joint Coordination Centre which…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined sixteenth to eighteenth periodic report of Suriname, with Committee Experts commending the State on its efforts to establish an anti-discrimination law, and asking questions on the…