John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaking at a press conference at the Palais des Nations, said he was launching with the donors the 2010 Consolidated Humanitarian Appeal. The Appeal for next year would respond to the needs of 48…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Environmental Programme, the World Food Programme, the…

Adopts Conclusions on Reports of Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Poland, Madagascar and Republic of Korea The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded its forty-third session on 20 November after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Slovakia, El Salvador, Spain, Azerbaijan, Colombia and Republic of Moldova and Provisional Conclusions on Report of Yemen The Committee against Torture concluded its forty-third session today, issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on…

Ms. Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons and representatives for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNAIDS, the Office for the Coordination of…

Kshenuka Senewiratne, the new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Senewiratne had been serving as…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Environmental Programme, the Economic Commission for Europe, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Christian Strohal (Austria), has today concluded its sixty-eighth session. Representatives of Kuwait and Iraq addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening plenary meeting. At…

The three Co-Chairs of the Geneva Discussions, Pierre Morel, Special Representative of the European Union; Johan Verbeke, Special Representative of the Secretary-General; and Charalampos Christopoulos, Special Envoy of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Chairperson-in-…