The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available $1.03 billion to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council…

The eighteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 27 January to 7 February during which 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by the…

Following are the remarks by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the high-level segment of the Geneva Conference on Syria, which opened today in Montreux:“Excellencies,After nearly three painful years of conflict and suffering in Syria, today is a day of fragile but real hope.For the…

Following are the concluding remarks by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the high-level segment of the Geneva Conference on Syria, before he suspended the talks in Montreux:“Distinguished delegates,We have come to the conclusion of this high-level meeting on Syria. I wish to thank…

Following is a full transcript of the press conference given in Montreux by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the high-level segment of the Geneva Conference on Syria. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for your participation and covering this important meeting. We have just…

Marie-Therese Keita Bocoum of Côte d’Ivoire Named as Independent Expert The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic by appointing an Independent Expert on the situation and requesting the immediate…

Walid Mahmoud Abdelnasser, the new Permanent Representative of Egypt 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. Abdelnasser had been serving…

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 for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Labor Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food…

Vojislav Suc, the new Permanent Representative of Slovenia 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. Suc had been Head of the Diplomatic…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2014 session on Tuesday, 21 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will address the plenary. The session…