At the invitation of Special Envoy de Mistura, consultations were held in the United Nations Office at Geneva on 19 June with senior representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey, on the way ahead for the implementation of the Sochi Final…

David Fernandez Puyana, the new Permanent Observer of the University for Peace to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Fernandez Puyana, a Spanish…

Arabic version Good afternoon. I want to make a short statement today to bring you up to date. For the moment I will probably not take questions because there are many details that I would like to be able to elaborate on at a second opportunity [when you will be able to ask questions]. I am in a…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-eighth regular session from 18 June to 6 July 2018 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will open the session…

Special Envoy de Mistura has invited senior Iranian, Russian and Turkish officials to Geneva for consultations on 18 and 19 June 2018 on the way ahead in the establishment of a constitutional committee, and they have accepted. The Special Envoy will in addition be inviting other countries for…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 12 June 2018 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Federation of the Red Cross and…

Special Envoy for Syria de Mistura has held consultations in Cairo and today had substantive and useful discussions with President Al Sisi of Egypt. The Special Envoy underscored the important contribution that Egypt can make in support of the UN-facilitated political process on Syria. The Special…

Special Envoy de Mistura just concluded substantive consultations on the Syrian political process in Tehran with senior Iranian officials. The Special Envoy is continuing regional consultations in the coming days. Geneva, 10 June 2018

The high-level fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) expert preparatory group adopted today its final report, which makes recommendations on substantial elements of a future treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. “I am delighted…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Committee for the Red Cross, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office…