The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated today at a Special Meeting held at the United Nations Office at Geneva. Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the meeting and read out the message of António Guterres, the…

Arabic versionRussian version Special Envoy de Mistura appreciates the work done at the Astana meeting by the three guarantors -- the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey -- to ensure that the Idlib de-escalation arrangements are sustained. He is very…

Louise Arbour: Thank you very much. Good afternoon, I think some of you are probably quite familiar with this process, so I’ll make some very brief remarks and I’m very happy to take your questions. Just a recap on the process. The United Nations General Assembly, coming out of the New York…

Special Envoy de Mistura and his team recently met with a diverse group of thirty members of Syrian civil society in the context of the regular engagement undertaken by his Office via the platform of the Civil Society Support Room (CSSR). CSSR participants in this round of consultations…

A Special Meeting will be held at the Palais des Nations on Thursday, 29 November to mark the annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The day traditionally provides an opportunity for the international community to focus its attention on the question of…

Arabic versionRussian version Special Envoy de Mistura received an invitation from the Government of Kazakhstan, on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey – the guarantors of the de-escalation agreement – to participate in the high-level meeting in…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International…

Rui Macieira, the new Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Macieira had been serving as Portugal’s…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International…

Representatives of 164 States parties, observer States and dozens of international and civil society organizations are gathering in Geneva between 26 and 30 November 2015 for the Seventeenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and…