The Conference on Disarmament has concluded its 2017 session, which was held from 23 January to 31 March; 15 May to 30 June; and 31 July to 15 September 2017. During the session, the Presidency of the Conference was successively assumed by Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovakia,…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Situation in Ecuador, Indonesia and Mexico The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families concluded this afternoon its twenty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for…

Cristobal Gonzalez-Aller Jurado, the new Permanent Representative of Spain 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. Gonzalez-Aller Jurado had…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-sixth regular session from 11 to 29 September 2017 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will be opened by Ambassador Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli of El Salvador…

SdeM: Hello everybody, good to see you, as you know for logistical reasons we are having it here, there is no other opportunity. I would like to offer some comments because I was chairing today the HTF since Jan Egeland was not present, and then of course I will make some comments on the political…

Mamadou Henri Konate, the new Permanent Representative of Mali 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. Konate had been serving as a Special…

Mesdames et messieurs de la presse, C’est aujourd’hui ma première occasion de m’entretenir avec vous depuis ma nomination par le Secrétaire général le 3 juillet dernier à la tête du Mécanisme international, impartial et indépendant chargé de faciliter les enquêtes sur les violations les plus graves…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s…