Issues Conclusions on Reports of Argentina, Belgium, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Grenada, Japan, Nigeria, Tunisia, Colombia and Serbia The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its three-week fifty-fourth session after issuing its concluding observations and…

Alicia Victoria Arango Olmos, the new Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Ms. Arango comes to Geneva after serving for eight years as Chief…

The three Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions, Pierre Morel, Special Representative of the European Union, Antti Turunen, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Georgia and Bolat Nurgaliev, Special Envoy of the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Labour Organization, the Global Fund, the World Meteorological…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and Public Relations Sections of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Office for the Coordination of…

Following are the remarks delivered by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a ceremony this afternoon at the United Nations Memorial, Ariana Park, to mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers…

Director-General Salutes the Sacrifice and Selflessness of United Nations Peacekeepers Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today saluted the sacrifice and selflessness of United Nations peacekeepers, during the commemoration…

Almost 1,000 people attended the fourth edition of the Geneva Lecture Series on the topic “Nature’s wake-up call: Why we must heed the warning”, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on Wednesday 26 May 2010. In his opening remarks, Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United…

The Human Rights Council will hold its fourteenth regular session from 31 May to 18 June at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On the morning of Monday, 31 May, the Council will hear an update by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to be followed by a general debate. Under this…