Marie Heuzé, The Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the…

Li Baodong, the new Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Li had been serving as China’s Ambassador in…

Following are the welcoming remarks delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on 28 June at the Civil Society Development Forum 2007 entitled “A Platform for Development: Countdown to 2015”. The event was…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium), concluded on 22 June its sixty-third session. Representatives of Kuwait, Bangladesh, India and Jordan addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations…

The Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) concluded its session on 22 June 2007 in Geneva and…

The new Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Alejandro Artucio Rodriguez, today presented his credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Sergei Ordzhonikidze. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Artucio Rodriguez served as…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Population Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, the United…

The Human Rights Council concluded its fifth session at midnight on 18 June after adopting a Presidential text on the institution building of the Council. In remarks to journalists at the end of the meeting, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba of Mexico, the President of the Council, said Member…

The Preparatory Committee for the first Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War, annexed to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) concluded its work on 18 June 2007 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The one-day meeting organized…