Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Meteorological…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Chad, Chile, Honduras, Israel, New Zealand, Nicaragua and Philippines The Committee against Torture concluded its forty-second session this afternoon, issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Chad, Chile, Honduras, Israel…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the…

Father Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the United Nations General Assembly, briefed journalists in Geneva on the upcoming General Assembly Economic Crisis Summit, which will be held from 1 to 3 June 2009 in New York. He also responded to questions on Human Rights Council elections taking…

John Holmes, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Mark Bowden, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia; and Aeneas Chuma, Resident Humanitarian Coordinator at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya, briefed journalists this afternoon on the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Initial Reports of Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia and the Philippines; Adopts Annual Report The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its tenth session…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for…

The fifth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review Working Group will be held in Geneva from 4 to 15 February during which the next group of 16 States will have their human rights records examined under this new mechanism. The fifth group of States to be reviewed under the…