Following are the opening remarks delivered by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on 9 November at an exhibition organized by the Permanent Mission of Germany on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its sixty-eighth session from 10 to 12 November 2009 under the Presidency of Ambassador Strohal (Austria). During the session, the Governing Council will discuss various issues relating to the work of the Compensation…

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 World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency,…

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 International Labour Office, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and…

Azis Polozhani, the new Permanent Representative of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 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.…

Fedor Rosocha, the new Permanent Representative of Slovakia 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. Rosocha had been serving as Director of…

Adopts Recommendations on the Reports of Switzerland, Republic of Moldova, Croatia, Russian Federation and Ecuador The Human Rights Committee today concluded its ninety-seventh session, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted by…

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

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available a total of $610,000,000.00 to the Government of the State of Kuwait for distribution to 10 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 5 claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and 5…