The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families has considered the initial report of Mexico on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. Presenting…

Giovanni Caracciolo di Vietri, the new Permanent Representative of Italy 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. Caracciolo di Vietri had…

Hears Address by Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Presentation of NGO on Situation of Migrants in Mexico The Committee on the Protection of Migrant Workers, which reviews the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the Information Service of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its sixty-first session from 31 October to 3 November 2006 under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece). During the session, the Governing Council will discuss various issues relating to the work of…

Maria Nzomo, the new Permanent Representative of Kenya 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, Ms. Nzomo had been serving, since 2003, as Kenyan…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $417,819,931.00 to 7 Governments for distribution to 46 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 14 claims in category E (claims of corporations, other private legal entities and public sector…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), on 25 October launched an initiative entitled “Our Common Peacebuilding Challenge – the Contribution of International Geneva”. The official presentation of the project took place at an Expert Meeting hosted…

The first-ever meeting of the Internet Governance Forum will take place in Athens, Greece, from 30 October to 2 November with the overall theme “Internet Governance for Development”. More than 1,200 participants comprised of government, private sector and civil society representatives, including…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, delivered at a concert at the Grand Théâtre de Genève on Tuesday, 24 October 2006, on the occasion of United Nations Day: “C’est pour moi un…