Houssam El dine Alaa, the new Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Vladimir Gratchev, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Alaa had been serving as Deputy Minister of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Programme, World Food…

The new Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Amr Ahmed Ramadan, today presented his credentials to Vladimir Gratchev, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ramadan had been serving as Egypt’s…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, Interparliamentary Union, International Organization for Migration, World Health Organization, United Nations…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of El Salvador, United States, Peru, Cameron, Iraq, Japan and Estonia The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on…

The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-second Special Session on Monday, 1 September, entitled “the human rights situation in Iraq in light of abuses committed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and associated groups.” The President of the Human Rights Council received a letter on…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, World Health Organization and the Human…

Michael Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and Obaid Salem Saeed Al Zaabi, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today signed a memorandum of understanding according to which the United Arab Emirates will…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and Public Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee…

2013 Set New Record for Violence against Aid Groups with Attacks on 460 Aid Workers, including 155 Killed As the United Nations Office at Geneva, together with Geneva-based humanitarian partners, commemorate World Humanitarian Day today, new figures show that the number of aid workers killed,…