Geneva, 22 October 2020 – The Palais des Nations and the Jet d'eau in Geneva, as well as the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, will be among more than 180 emblematic buildings and monuments in Europe to be illuminated in blue on the evening of Saturday, 24 October to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour…

  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its virtual sixty-eighth session. In his concluding remarks, Renato Zerbini Ribeiro Leão, Committee Chairperson, noting that this had been a busy session and the first one held virtually, said the consideration…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations…

  Lazhar Soualem, the new Permanent Representative of Algeria 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. Soualem had been serving as Director…

  Slavica Milačić, the new Permanent Representative of Montenegro 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. Milačić had been serving as the…

  Mme Catalina Devandas Aguilar a présenté aujourd'hui à Mme Tatiana Valovaya, Directrice générale de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève, les pouvoirs l'accréditant comme Représentante permanente du Costa Rica auprès de l'Office. Avant cette nomination, Mme Devandas Aguilar était depuis…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Humanitarian…

  The Human Rights Committee this afternoon opened its one hundred and thirtieth session in an online format, hearing a statement from Simon Walker, Chief of the Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…

  Geneva, Switzerland (12 October 2020) – A new exhibition celebrating the evolution of multilateral cooperation in Geneva over the past century was inaugurated today at Place des Nations, where it will be displayed from 12 to 30 October 2020. The bilingual exhibition of 18 two-sided panels…