Special Envoy de Mistura: Good afternoon. I am here to explain, because it is the first opportunity following (Vienna), also to explain to you what happened in Vienna and elaborate further. I owe it to you. You are in Geneva. My base is in Geneva and then link it to what has been the discussions…

Joint stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura and Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz [The statement below by the UN Special Envoy followed opening remarks by the Austrian Foreign Minister] Thank you very much. I will speak in English although as you know I speak German…

GENEVA (18 May 2016) – Staff from the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and members of the international community were today given a unique opportunity to witness a gravity-defying performance of top-tier taekwondo and a chance to participate in a “crash course” in the martial art. The hour-…

Following is a message by Michael Møller, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (17 May 2016): “The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO)…

SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good afternoon, everybody, and let me begin by thanking the Government of Austria again. They have very generously facilitated this latest meeting of the International Syria Support Group and they’ve facilitated two rounds before this. I want to express my appreciation to…

Hector Marcelo Cima, the new Permanent Representative of Argentina 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, Mr. Cima had been Deputy Permanent Representative of…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director, a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the World Health Organization and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Geneva activities Committees The Conference on Disarmament was holding the first…

The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) was proclaimed in 2004 to draw the attention of policymakers, opinion leaders, social movements, the public and the media to this issue. The date of 17 May was specifically chosen to commemorate the World Health Organization’s…

Meeting in Vienna on May 17, 2016, as the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the Arab League, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, The Netherlands, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi…

The Committee against Torture this morning concluded its fifty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of France, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the Philippines and Israel on their implementation of the provisions of the Convention against…