Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale a ouvert, cet après-midi, les travaux de sa cent unième session en adoptant son ordre du jour et son programme de travail . La présente session, qui se tient de manière virtuelle en raison des restrictions imposées par la…

UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL TUESDAY, 4 AUGUST at 1.00 p.m. GMT (3 p.m. GENEVA TIME) First universal ratification of an ILO Convention Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General ILO. Corinne Vargha, Director, ILO International Labour Standards Department Vera Paquete-Perdigao, Director of the ILO’s Governance…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Labour Organization, and the World Health Organization. World…

Launch of the report: “’On this journey, no one cares if you live or die’: Abuse, protection, and justice along routes between East and West Africa and Africa’s Mediterranean coast” Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR Special Envoy for the Central Mediterranean (Room III) Ayala Erin Bonfiglio, Regional…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the virtual briefing, attended by the spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, the United…

Dk Mazlizah Pg Hj Mahalee, the new Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam 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. Mahalee had been serving as…

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $210 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council…

  Au terme de sa toute première session virtuelle, le Comité adopte son Observation générale n° 37 sur le droit de réunion pacifique   Le Comité des droits de l'homme a achevé, cet après-midi, les travaux de sa cent vingt-neuvième session, qui s’était ouverte le 29 juin dernier. Au…

Syria Alessandra Vellucci, for the UN Information Service (UNIS), informed that the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen, in briefing to the Security Council yesterday, had said that his office had now firmed up plans to convene the third session of the Syrian-led and Syrian…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and…