Katharina Stasch, the new Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.  Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Stasch had been serving as Chief of…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…

  Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon adopted its concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Belgium and closed its seventy-first online session. Acting Committee Chairperson Claude Heller said that the Committee had considered the report of Belgium during the session and…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization…

The Conference on Disarmament today held a thematic discussion on item 7 of its agenda on transparency in armaments. Ambassador Leslie Norton of Canada, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said that enhancing transparency on armaments could contribute to building an international…

United Nations Compensation Commission Pays Out $600 Million The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $600 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Togo and closed its online one hundred and thirty-second session. Committee Chairperson Photini Pazartzis said the Committee had completed yet another productive online session, which…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…

  Olympia Neocleous, the new Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.   Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Neocleous worked as a Cabinet Expert…