The conclusion of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) more than a decade ago was an important milestone in norm-setting and marked a significant achievement in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation. But for too long, it has not been brought into force. The price is high. There…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of France, Sweden, Mauritania, Slovenia, Bangladesh, Niger, Romania and Oman The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its fifty-first session, adopting its report and issuing its conclusions and recommendations on the situation of children in France,…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children…

Jonas Rudalevicius, the new Permanent Representative of Lithuania 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. Rudalevicius had been serving as an…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Following are the opening remarks by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered today at the Annual High-Level Tripartite Meeting between the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for…

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 Human Rights Council, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World…

At its plenary meeting today, under the Presidency of Ambassador Jazaïry (Algeria), the Conference on Disarmament adopted, by consensus, its Programme of Work for 2009. This action has ended over ten years of efforts to resume the substantive work of the Conference, which came to a hold in 1999…