The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $380 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission is a subsidiary organ of the United Nations Security…

  The Committee against Torture this afternoon opened its seventieth online session, hearing a statement by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee also adopted its agenda…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the World Health Organization (…

  La définition de la disparition forcée donnée par le Code pénal mongol ne correspond pas entièrement à celle énoncée à l’article 2 de la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées. Il importe en particulier de savoir si la…

  Dialogue also Addresses Education on Racism and Belgium’s Colonial Past   The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth to twenty-second periodic reports of Belgium on its implementation of the…

  La disparition forcée étant, en Colombie, une réalité non pas du passé mais bien présente, il importe de savoir combien de personnes auraient été soumises à ce crime au sens strict de l’article 2 de la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme (WFP) and associates, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today opened its one-hundred and third virtual session during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Belgium. The Committee heard an address by Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty…

  Le Comité pour la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille a tenu cet après-midi la dernière séance publique de sa trente-deuxième session qui (conformément aux récents amendements apportés au programme de travail) doit officiellement clore ses…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Economic Commission…