Mesdames et messieurs, Bonjour. Good morning. Je suis ravi d’être de retour à Genève. Et c’est un plaisir de vous revoir tous ici. Je suis arrivé hier soir de la Bolivie où j’ai assisté au sommet du Groupe des 77 et de la Chine. Je suis ici à Genève pour les évènements marquant le 50ème…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Saint Lucia and United Kingdom The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports…

1319th Plenary Meeting of the Conference on Disarmament Mr. President, Distinguished Representatives to the Conference Ladies and Gentlemen Thank you for allowing me to address you again three weeks after my 20 May statement in which I offered a number of suggestions aimed at helping to unblock…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, International Labour…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Labour Office, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization,…

The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-sixth regular session from 10 to 27 June 2014 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Highlights of the three-week session will feature a wide range of issues including presentations by the commission of inquiry on Syria, by the Special Rapporteur on…

Jamshed Khamidov, the new Permanent Representative of Tajikistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Khamidov had been serving at…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the International Labour Office, World Health Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, the International Trade…

Marta Maurás Pérez, the new Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Maurás Pérez had been serving as a…