Fernando Rojas Samanez, the new Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to coming to Geneva, since 2006, Mr. Rojas Samanez had been serving…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the 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 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the…

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

GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination called on the Nigerian authorities to tackle the underlying causes of the repeated outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence near the city of Jos in northern Nigeria. Over the last 10 years, over 13,500 people have…

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

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Argentina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Guatemala, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Monaco, the Netherlands, Panama and Slovakia The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its four-week seventy-sixth session and released its concluding…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze Stresses Need to Build on Momentum to Bring Closer the Widely Shared Goal of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons The Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, today stressed the need to…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the 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 World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health…

Manuel B. Dengo, the new Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, from August 2009 to February 2010, Mr…

GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities announced Friday the creation of a working group to follow up on the situation of the disabled in Haiti, who have been disproportionately affected by the earthquake that hit Haiti in January. Last month, the group of…