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…

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’s Fund, United Nations Refugee Agency, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, International Organization for…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, United Nations Television & Radio, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, World Food Programme, and World Health…

Ambassador Pamela Hamamoto, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, and Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, are proud to launch Geneva Gender Champions (GGC), a new leadership network dedicated to making gender equality a…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of Press and External Relations, the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World…

(Near verbatim transcript) DSG: Thank you very much Ahmad, I'm very glad to be here. Again, thank you for your gentle reminder of my age. I was here, I spent months here, in 1988, with the Iran-Iraq talks on resolution 598. So I have strong memories form this place, also meeting, probably…

(Near-verbatim transcript) DSG Eliasson: Thank you very much, Minister Burkhalter. I cherish very much our friendship and our cooperation. I thank you for the contribution you have made and the contributions you have announced. They are very, very welcome for the work we are doing. I will also…

(Near verbatim transcript)SES: Good afternoon and thank you for accepting the short delay, but as Ahmed very clearly mentioned, there have been changes during the whole day in order to make room for other press conferences. Let me make some general comments, or some few specific comments too,…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. United…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Burundi, Italy, Guyana, Iraq, Morocco, Sudan and Greece The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its fifty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the…