The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its forty-seventh regular session from 21 June to 13 July 2021 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The hybrid Council will be meeting in room XVIII with most statements delivered virtually. The session will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 21…

  La Conférence du désarmement a tenu ce matin, sous la présidence de l’Ambassadeur Salomon Eheth du Cameroun, un débat thématique sur le point 5 de son ordre du jour, consacré aux nouveaux types et systèmes d’armes de destruction massive, de même qu’aux armes radiologiques. Deux panélistes…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, Unitaid, the World Health Organization,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…

  La Conférence du désarmement a entendu ce matin, dans le cadre du débat de haut niveau de sa session de 2021, une allocution de M. Wang Yi, Conseiller d’État et Ministre des affaires étrangères de la République populaire de Chine. De nombreuses délégations ont ensuite fait des déclarations…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the…

  The Conference on Disarmament today held a thematic discussion on its agenda item 4 on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, or negative security assurances. Ambassador Salomon Eheth of Cameroon,…

  The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its eighty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Luxembourg and Tunisia under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Mikiko Otani, Committee Chairperson, said that…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded a thematic discussion on the prevention of an arms race in outer space. Welcoming resolution 75/36 of the General Assembly, speakers said further discussion must take into account both the complexity and frequent dual use of space…