Adopts Twenty-Eight Resolutions and Three Decisions, Names Experts on Cultural Rights and on Sudan, Extends Mandates of Special Procedures on Cambodia and Somalia The Human Rights Council today closed its twelfth regular session, adopting texts on a wide range of issues, including on…

Yvette Morris, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Turkey, Philippines, Mozambique, Bolivia, Poland, Pakistan, Qatar and Yemen The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its fifty-second session, adopting its report and issuing its conclusions and recommendations on the situation of children in the…

Ellen Serwaa Nee-Whang, the new Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, where she will be serving concurrently…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, opening an exhibition at the Palais des Nations today marking the sixtieth anniversary of UN Special Magazine. The exhibition is entitled UN Special Magazine:…

Yvette Morris, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United…

Yvette Morris, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations…

Yvette Morris, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe,…

Following are the remarks by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to a ceremony held at the Palais des Nations today to commemorate the International Day of Peace: “It is a privilege to welcome you all to the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons from the Office of the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, Office of the Human Rights Council, Office of the High…