Zambia has deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), bringing the total membership of the Convention to 117 States parties. The accession ceremony took place during this year’s Treaty Event organized by the United Nations in New York under the…

GENEVA (2 October 2013) – Migrants are too often regarded as commodities or economic and political problems instead of human beings, a United Nations Committee has said in an appeal to all countries to join an international treaty that protects the rights of migrant workers. “The International…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Environment Programme…

Jorge Valero, the new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment in Geneva, Mr. Valero served as the Permanent…

Pedro Nuno De Abreu e Melo Bártolo, the new Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. De Abreu e Melo…

GENEVA (30 September 2013) - States should not prevent persons with intellectual disabilities from voting, nor make their inclusion on an electoral register dependent on capacity assessments, a UN Committee has said after examining the case of six Hungarians who lost the right to vote when they…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination for…

Adopts resolution on Syria, appoints experts on human rights of older persons and human rights in the Central African Republic The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-fourth regular session this evening after adopting 40 texts on a wide range of issues and its report for the session. The…

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

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, World Trade Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade…