Adopts General Comment N°7 on the participation of persons with disabilities in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention, and the Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Seven States The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. Update on the Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for…

JE: Thank you. The main issue at the Humanitarian Task Force today was naturally the very important agreement reached between the President of Russia and the President of Turkey. We were informed of the details of the agreement. We were also informed that many details are being worked out and…

Bonjour à tous, Le deuxième rapport du Mécanisme international impartial et Independent pour la Syrie vient d’être rendu public. Il souligne les divers aspects de l’opérationnalisation du Mécanisme entre février et début août 2018 ainsi que les stratégies que nous avons mises en place pour répondre…

Michael Ungern-Sternberg, the new Permanent Representative of Germany 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. Ungern-Sternberg had been serving as…

1. Thank you, Ambassador Jeffrey. Welcome! I am delighted to see you here in view of your new important role, which in my opinion has already shown a further engagement of your country in this conflict environment. So, thank you for chairing this meeting and for being here. Mr. President, 2. Let…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference…

SdeM: Sorry for the delay, but it was a very intense and long, and useful, in my opinion, opportunity for expressing various angles of many countries. As you know, Turkey spoke, Iran spoke, and the Syrian Arab Republic. So, let me get to the main point. There were two main subjects, no surprise.…

Ulugbek Lapasov, the new Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan 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. Lapasov served as Chargé d’affaires a.i. of…

Walter Stevens, the new Permanent Observer of the European Union 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. Stevens, a Belgian national, had served as…