Michele Zaccheo, Chief of Radio and Television Section of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization…

Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Sudan, Germany, Guatemala, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Denmark The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of…

Adopts Recommendations on Reports of Colombia, Congo, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Romania, Serbia, Spain and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia The Committee against Torture today concluded its fifty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports…

Beatriz Londono Soto, the new Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General, a.i., United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Londono had been serving as Colombia’s…

Nardi Suxo Iturry, the new Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General, a.i., United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Suxo Iturry had been serving as Minister of…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Labour Organization…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Intellectual Property…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Development Programme, World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations…

(Near verbatim transcript)United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (SES): I am pleased to address you today here in Geneva. As you know, it was announced after my briefing to the Security Council and upon instructions from the Secretary-General starting this week – today, we, the…

GENEVA (4 May 2015) – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has welcomed South Sudan’s ratification* of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and repeated its call for universal ratification of the Convention: “We applaud South Sudan for ratifying the Convention on the Rights…