Pierre-Louis Lorenz, the new Permanent Representative of Luxembourg 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. Lorenz served as Ambassador of…

Geneva, 4 September 2017 (Issued as received) – The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed and continue to be committed in Burundi since April 2015, according to the Commission’s report published on…

Michael Gaffey, the new Permanent Representative of Ireland 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. Gaffey had been working at Irish Aid…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Panama, Morocco, Montenegro, Latvia, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its eighteenth session, during which it reviewed the initial reports of Panama…

Mr. President, I last briefed the Security Council after the 7th round of the Intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, which concluded on the 14th of July. Since then, we have been active in a range of diplomatic efforts and continuing contacts. I have recently held high-level consultations in Tehran and…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International…

Adopts Concluding Recommendations on the Reports of Kuwait, Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Djibouti, Tajikistan, Canada and New Zealand The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon concluded its ninety-third session after adopting its concluding…

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

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy: Good afternoon. As usual we will give you a very brief political update, not much has been happening as you know in the past week since the Special Envoy delivered his political update. The Special Envoy and the team have been in continuous contact with many of the interested…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health…