M. Jérôme Bonnafont a présenté aujourd'hui à Mme Tatiana Valovaya, Directrice générale de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève, les pouvoirs l'accréditant comme Représentant permanent de la France auprès de l'Office. Avant sa nomination à Genève, M. Bonnafont était, depuis septembre 2020,…

  Tovar da Silva Nunes, the new Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. da Silva Nunes had been serving as…

  À l’occasion de l’examen du rapport de Djibouti sur l’application de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées, le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a regretté qu’il soit difficile de déterminer si ce document a été élaboré avec la participation effective des…

  The Conference on Disarmament, under the presidency of Ambassador Frank Tressler Zamorano of Chile, held two public plenary meetings today to discuss the draft annual report for 2021, to be submitted to the First Committee of the General Assembly. The Conference also concluded the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological…

  Václav Bálek, the new Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Bálek had been serving as…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and the United…

  The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held a plenary meeting on the role of women in international security. Ambassador Frank Tressler of Chile, President of the Conference on Disarmament, noted that today's event aimed to promote a dialogue on the progress achieved and future…

  La Conférence du désarmement a tenu, ce matin, une brève séance plénière publique à la demande de la France, qui est la coordonnatrice actuelle du « P5 », le groupe des cinq États dotés de l’arme nucléaire et reconnus comme tels en vertu du Traité sur la non-prolifération des armes…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its one hundred and fourth session online after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Lebanon and the Netherlands. Committee Chairperson Li Yanduan thanked the Committee Members for their…