The Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, presided over a solemn ceremony held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on Monday, 27 June 2011 for the swearing-in of Judge Mary Faherty of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal (“Appeals Tribunal”). Judge…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for…

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

GENEVA – A United Nations expert committee on migrants’ rights has welcomed the recent adoption by the International Labor Organization (ILO) of the International Convention on Domestic Workers, a landmark legal instrument aimed at protecting the rights and improving the conditions of life of…

Committee reviewed the reports of Bahrain, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt and Finland The Committee on the Rights of the Child on 17 June concluded its three-week fifty-seventh session, adopting its report and issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on 9 reports…

Yvette Morris, the Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Trade Organization, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…

Adopts 29 Resolutions, Creates Mandate on Côte d'Ivoire, Adopts the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure and Extends Mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on Libya and Appoints New Special Procedures Mandates Holders The Human Rights Council…

The Director-General attended a literary evening held in honour of the poet and essayist Czeslaw Milosz who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. At the event, organized by the Permanent Missions of Lithuania, Poland and the United States of America, the Director-General…

The Director-General met with Mr. Zalmai Aziz, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan and discussed the work of the United Nations in Afghanistan and the wider region.

The Director-General took part in a formal plenary meeting and held meetings with regional groups within the Conference on Disarmament to discuss the current challenges in moving towards substantive work in the Conference.