The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its review of the sixth periodic report of Uzbekistan, commending Uzbekistan on the adoption of the Citizen Act, while still noting concerns, and asking about non-governmental organizations and women in…

  Francisca Elizabeth Mendez Escobar, the new Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Mendez Escobar…

  Assoukou Raymond Krikpeu, the new Permanent Observer of the West African Economic and Monetary Union to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. A national of Côte d’…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations…

  La Conférence du désarmement a tenu ce matin, sous la présidence de l’Ambassadeur Li Song de la Chine, une séance plénière publique durant laquelle elle a discuté du projet de programme de travail de la Conférence du désarmement pour 2022, tel que contenu dans le document CD/WP.639. M. Li…

  Amr Abdellatif Aboualatta, the new Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Aboualatta, an Egyptian diplomat, was the…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations on the situation of women’s rights in Uzbekistan, Peru, Lebanon and the Dominican Republic, whose reports will be reviewed this week. In relation to…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its seventy-first session, hearing opening remarks from Wan-Hea Lee, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section, Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, Office of the High…

  Il est heureux de constater que la Convention sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes fait partie intégrante du cadre politique de l’Ouganda et que la Constitution ougandaise est conforme aux articles de la Convention interdisant les coutumes et…

  The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its eighty-ninth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Madagascar and the Netherlands, which were reviewed during the session. Mikiko Otani, Committee Chairperson, said the Committee had held its…