On 25 May 2016, Côte d'Ivoire joined the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocol I on Non-detectable Fragments, Protocol II on Mines, Booby-traps and Other Devices, Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons and Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of…

Ahmad Fawzi, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United…

My apologies but I just finished a long and intense discussion at the Humanitarian Taskforce and in view of the fact that there are so many issues coming up and being discussed, I had to stay until the end, of course, so my apologies for keeping you waiting. One or two general comments and then of…

Zhanar Aitzhanova, the new Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Aitzhanova had been serving as Minister…

Arabic version Geneva (Issued as received) – Crimes against humanity have been committed in a widespread and systematic manner in Eritrean detention facilities, military training camps and other locations across the country over the past 25 years, according to a new report by the UN Commission of…

The Human Rights Council will hold its thirty-second regular session from 13 June to 1 July 2016 in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The three-week session will include a high-level panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of…

Ahmad Fawzi, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. Geneva activities Committees The…

Genève, le 4 juin 2016 - Le Directeur général de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève, Michael Møller, se dit très heureux de la décision de hier du Grand Conseil de Genève d’accorder les crédits nécessaires à la rénovation du Palais des Nations, démontrant ainsi son soutien à cette Genève…

Ahmad Fawzi, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Eight States and General Comment on Public Budgets to Realize the Rights of the Child The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-second session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the…