Margit Szűcs, the new Permanent Representative of Hungary 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. Szűcs had been serving as Director General…

  Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a clos cet après-midi les travaux de sa vingt-quatrième session, qui se tenait en ligne depuis le 8 mars dernier sous la présidence de Mme Rosemary Kayess. Pendant cette session, le Comité a notamment examiné le rapport initial de l’Estonie au…

  Mark Cassayre, the new Permanent Observer of the International Development Law Organization to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Before his appointment to his new post…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),…

  Ahmed Aljarman, the new Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates 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. Aljarman had been…

  The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its online one hundred and thirty-first session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Finland and Kenya. Photini Pazartzis, Chairperson of the Committee said this session had been one of, if not the…

  La Conférence du désarmement a tenu, ce matin, la dernière séance publique plénière de la première partie de sa session de 2021. Le nouveau Président de la Conférence, l’Ambassadeur Yuri Borissov Sterk de la Bulgarie, a présenté les fruits des consultations qu’il a menées au sujet du…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. UNHCR reaches destroyed camps in northern…

  Council Extends 10 Thematic and Country-Specific Mandates, Highlights the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes for 14 States, and Appoints Six Mandate Holders   The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its forty-sixth regular session…

  Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a clos, cet après-midi, les travaux de sa quarante-sixième session en adoptant neuf résolutions, dont six par vote, et en nommant six nouveaux titulaires de mandat. Le Conseil a également accepté une recommandation de son Comité consultatif visant à…