The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its online limited eighty-sixth session, which started on 18 January. Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Chairperson of the Committee, said that this online session had been particularly difficult because of technical issues, as…

  La Conférence du désarmement a poursuivi, cet après-midi, l’examen de la proposition révisée de « paquet » de documents contenant un projet de programme de travail soumise par le Président de la Conférence, l’Ambassadeur Marc Pecsteen de la Belgique. Comme pendant la séance de ce matin,…

  The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements by the United States, the Russian Federation and more than 20 countries on the extension of the New START Treaty, and then discussed the Presidency’s revised draft package on the 2021 programme of work of the Conference. The…

  Ahmed Ihab Abdelahad Gamaleldin, the new Permanent Representative of Egypt 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. Gamaleldin had been…

  Alicia Victoria Arango Olmos, the new Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Ms. Arango Olmos has previously served as Colombia’s Minister of…

  Abdul-Karim Hashim Mostafa, the new Permanent Representative of Iraq 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. Hashim Mostafa had been serving…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (…

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 (WFP), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health…

  Héctor Virgilio Alcántara, the new Permanent Representative of the Dominican 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. Alcántara had…

  The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon heard general statements by Switzerland, Russian Federation and Nigeria, and then began discussing the Presidency’s draft package on the 2021 programme of work of the Conference. In the general statements, speakers urged the Russian Federation…