GENEVA (20 June, 2013) – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued its concluding observations on Armenia, Guinea-Bissau, Israel, Rwanda, Slovenia and Uzbekistan. The Committee examined these countries during its latest regular session from 27 May to 17 June. The…

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 Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the…

A formal handover event for signed political assurances, hosted by HRH Prince Turki bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, President of the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and organized by His Excellency Ambassador Abdulwahab Abdulsalam Attar, Permanent Mission of…

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, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Armenia, Rwanda, Israel, Uzbekistan, Slovenia and Guinea-Bissau The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-third session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports presented…

The Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-third regular session this afternoon after adopting 26 resolutions, a Presidential Statement and a decision, on a wide range of issues. During the session, the Council extended the mandates of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against…

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 of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, United Nations Population Fund, United Nations…

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

Christopher Onyanga Aparr, the new Permanent Representative of Uganda 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. Onyanga Aparr served as Uganda…

Transcript of press conference by Joint Special Representative for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi - Geneva, 5 June 2013JSRS: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I am very grateful to you for your patience and regret that it has taken us a little bit of time before we came down to speak to you. So the…