Nanguyalai Tarzi, the new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan 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. Tarzi had been serving as…

Requests Commission of Inquiry to Urgently Conduct a Special Inquiry into the Events in El Houleh and Condemns in the Harshest Terms the Killings The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded a Special Session to examine the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria and the recent…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the Human Rights Council, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Albania, Armenia, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, Greece and Rwanda, and in Absence of a Special Report on Syria The Committee against Torture concluded its forty-eighth session today, issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on reports…

Apologies for keeping you waiting for so long but as you know, I was briefing the Security Council and it was a long discussion because it is an important topic and so here I am. My briefing focused on the latest efforts of the Joint Special Envoy concerning the situation in Syria. And that…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Friday, 1 June on the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria and the recent killings in El-Houleh. This will be the Council’s nineteenth Special Session and its fourth Special Session on Syria. The request for the Special Session was…

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

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…

Encyla Chishiba Tina Sinjela, the new Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Sinjela had been serving as…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the UN Environment Programme, the UN Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme…