Adopts 40 Resolutions, Creates Mandate on Iran, Decides to Dispatch Commission to Côte d’Ivoire, and Extends Mandates of Special Procedures on Human Rights Defenders, Violence against Women, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Myanmar and others The Human Rights Council closed its…

Agustín Santos Maraver, the new Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Santos Maraver served as the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the International Organization…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International…

Yoichi Otabe, the new Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Otabe had been serving as Deputy Minister for…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United…

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

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Armenia, Bolivia, Cuba, Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Rwanda, Serbia, Spain, Uruguay and Yemen The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its four-week seventy-eighth session and released its concluding…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Secretariat of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction,…

Zurab Tchiaberashvili, the new Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Tchiaberashvili had been serving as…