Mr. Triyono Wibowo, the new Permanent Representative of Indonesia 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. Wibowo served as Ambassador to…

Today, the United Nations Compensation Commission made available approximately $1.09 billion to the Government of the State of Kuwait. Payment is being made in respect of the remaining claims with outstanding balances, all awarded to Kuwait and approved by the Governing Council between 1999 and…

25th anniversary of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishmen NEW YORK (23 October 2012) – Twenty-five years after the entry into force of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, an…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,…

Thani Thongphakdi, the new Permanent Representative of Thailand 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. Thongphakdi had been serving as…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Reservations on Reports of Turkmenistan, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Togo and Chile The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-third session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the…

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, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High…

The fourteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 22 October to 5 November during which the next group of 14 States will have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations…