The third session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will be held from 3 to 7 August 2009 in Room XX of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Committee will consider requests addressed to it stemming from Human Rights Council resolutions and is expected to continue…

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available a total of $430,000,000.00 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…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the United Nations…

Seraphin Lissassi, the new Permanent Representative of Benin 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, from January 1983 to date, Mr. Lissassi held…

Abdul Hannan, the new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office at Geneva, including other offices in Geneva and Vienna, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Secretary-…

The United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine this morning held its third plenary, discussing the role of parliaments and civil society in advocating adherence to international humanitarian had human rights law, as well as the responsibility of the media. Phyllis Starkey,…

The United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine, which was organized by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, concluded its two-day session this afternoon, hearing a concluding statement by the organizers, as well as final remarks…

Speakers Emphasize that Legally the International Community is Bound to Act The United Nations international meeting on the question of Palestine continued this afternoon to discuss the responsibility of Governments and intergovernmental organizations in upholding international law. Later in the…

Maurice Peter Kagimu Kiwanuka, the new Permanent Representative of Uganda 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. Kagimu Kiwanuka had been…