Juan Ndong Nguema Mbengono, the new Permanent Representative of Equatorial Guinea to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.  Mr. Nguema Mbengono is also serving as Ambassador of…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…

  Le Comité pour l'élimination de la discrimination à l'égard des femmes a auditionné, cet après-midi, des représentants de la société civile au sujet de la mise en œuvre de la Convention sur l'élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination à l'égard des femmes dans les deux pays dont…

  Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes a ouvert ce matin les travaux de sa quatre-vingtième session, qui se tient à Genève jusqu’au 12 novembre, en entendant une déclaration de M. Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Responsable de la Division des opérations sur le…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventieth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia and Nicaragua. The concluding observations and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

  Le Comité des droits de l'homme a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport périodique de l’Arménie sur la mise en œuvre des dispositions du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques. Dans le cadre du dialogue noué avec la délégation arménienne, un membre du…

  The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission today concluded its eighty-eighth session. At this session, Ireland was elected as President of the Council and Kenya was elected as the Vice-President. Delegations from Kuwait and Iraq, including the Head of Iraq’s…

Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN…

  The Committee on Human Rights today completed its review of the seventh periodic report of Germany on measures taken to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, inquiring about the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, rules around preventive detention, and…