Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the…

Vu Dung, the new Permanent Representative of Viet Nam 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. Vu had been serving as the Vice Minister for…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Tunisia, Bulgaria, Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Turkey, Suriname, Finland, Croatia and Montenegro The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has concluded its three-week seventy-fourth session, making public its concluding observations…

Dian Triansyah Djani, the new Permanent Representative of Indonesia 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. Djani had been Director General…

Darlington Mwape, the new Permanent Representative of Zambia 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. Mwape had been serving as Legal…

Following are the opening remarks delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at an event held at the Palais des Nations today commemorating International Women's Day 2009. The theme of the commemoration event was "The Economics of the Financial…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High-Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World…

The newest United Nations human rights treaty body, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, today concluded its first session, which was held from 23 to 27 February at the Palais des Nations. At the end of the session, the Committee adopted its first declaration, in which it,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food…