Issues Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Slovakia, Peru, New Zealand, Spain and Ethiopia The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on 18 May concluded its three-week forty-eighth session after adopting its report and its concluding observations and…

Boudjemaa Delmi, the new Permanent Representative of Algeria 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. Delmi had been serving as the Secretary…

Jean-Marie Ehouzou, the new Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ehouzou had been…

UPR Working Group to Review Human Rights Records of 14 States The thirteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 21 May to 4 June during which the next group of 14 States will have their human rights records examined…

Vivianne Fock Tave, the new Permanent Representative of Seychelles 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. Fock Tave had been serving as…

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

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the World trade…

Karen Elizabeth Pierce, the new Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom 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. Pierce had been…

JSE: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I have just finished briefing the Security Council on the situation in Syria and I was able to tell them how proud I am of the colleagues on the ground – unarmed observers and civilian experts – who have shown incredible courage in the work they have been…

Jean-Luc Senou, the new Permanent Observer of the West African Economic and Monetary Union to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his arrival in Geneva, Mr.…