Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United…

Selby Pillay, the new Permanent Representative of Seychelles to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Pillay will concurrently be serving as Ambassador of Seychelles to Belgium and to the…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children Fund, World Meteorological Organization, International Organization for Migration, and World Health Organization.Geneva…

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the outcome of the Vienna meeting on Syria on 30 October and congratulate the participants, in particular Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for their leadership, commitment and determination. As the participants in the Vienna meeting…

[Scroll down for Q&A] Good afternoon. Thank you for being here on a Saturday afternoon. President Peter Maurer of ICRC and I have just held a meeting to talk about our grave concern over the brazen and brutal erosion of respect for international humanitarian law. Just yesterday, dozens of…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency…

The twenty-third session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 2 to 13 November during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission today concluded its eightieth session. Delegations from Iraq, including the Head of Iraq’s Committee of Financial Experts, which is responsible for the oversight of Iraq's oil revenues, and Kuwait addressed the fifteen-member…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its eightieth session on 28 October 2015. Delegations from Iraq, including representatives from Iraq’s Committee of Financial Experts, and Kuwait will address the Council at its opening plenary session. During the…