Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Denmark, Afghanistan, Belarus, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, New Zealand, Ukraine, Singapore and Mexico The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its three-week-long fifty-sixth session and issued its concluding observations and…

Mothusi Bruce Rabasha Palai, the new Permanent Representative of Botswana 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. Palai 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 and representatives of the United Nations Population Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children's Fund…

On Monday, 31 January 2011, Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, held a briefing on the Secretary-General’s priorities for the year 2011 for more than 100 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with consultative status with the Economic…

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 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund,…

Pierre Claver Ndayiragije, the new Permanent Representative of Burundi 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, Mr. Ndayiragije had been serving as…

Today I am pleased to announce a new initiative of the United Nations Global Compact – the world’s largest corporate responsibility and sustainability platform. We are launching what we call Global Compact Lead -- a group of 54 global companies, as founding members, who have committed to be at…

Vesna Vukovic, the new Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, presented her credentials today to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Vukovic had been serving as the Head of…

Today, the United Nations Compensation Commission made available a total of $680,000,000 to the Government of the State of Kuwait for distribution to nine successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 5 claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and 4…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Secretariat of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the…