Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General's message on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, human rights meetings, upcoming press conferences, the latest developments concerning Togo…

Committee Adopts Provisional Guidelines for the Submission of States Parties' Initial Reports; Decides to Hold General Day of Discussion at Third Session The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its week-long second session…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about human rights and other meetings in Geneva and New York, the polio outbreak in Yemen, and other issues. Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Health…

Bamanga Abbas Malloum, the new Permanent Representative of Chad 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. Malloum had been serving since…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General's activities in Asia; the 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Geneva activities;…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which informed correspondents about the Secretary-General’s programme in Indonesia and gave an update on the last day of the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights. She also…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing. Also participating were spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), Office for the Coordination of…

Following is the message by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which was delivered on his behalf this evening by Ruth Hahn-Weinert, the Officer-in-Charge of the Library of the United Nations Office at…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which informed correspondents on the activities of the Director-General of the Office, the Seminar on the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Palais, the Working Group on…

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has addressed a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan in which it expressed dismay and utmost concern about the execution of an Uzbek national in violation of the Committee's request for interim protection. The Committee requested a…