The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today celebrated its one hundredth session.Noureddine Amir, Committee Chairperson, said the Committee was celebrating its one hundredth session, a centenary which provided the opportunity to take stock of what had been achieved. It should…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and by Dr.…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Cambodia, Colombia, Ireland, Israel and Uzbekistan The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon concluded its one hundredth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of…

An Sokkhoeurn, the new Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. An will also be serving as the Ambassador of Cambodia to Switzerland.…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Conference…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration,…

Mireille Sarah Nzenze, the new Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Ms. Nzenze will concurrently be serving as Gabon’s Permanent Representative to the…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Latvia, Niger, Portugal and Uzbekistan The Committee against Torture this morning closed its sixty-eighth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Latvia,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined seventeenth to nineteenth periodic report of Israel on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Israel’s society was a…

Tamim M. Baiou, the new Permanent Representative of Libya 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. Baiou had been forging international relations to…