Following is the statement delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a wreath-laying ceremony held today in the Salle des Pas Perdus of the Palais des Nations to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the bombing of the Canal Hotel in Baghdad…

Marie Heuzé, 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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Ecuador, Namibia, Togo, Russian Federation, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has concluded its three-week seventy-third session, making public its concluding observations and…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…

The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee this morning concluded its first session during which it adopted by consensus thirteen recommendations to the Human Rights Council. In his concluding remarks, the President of the Advisory Committee, Miguel Alfonso Martínez, thanked all his colleagues for…

On Wednesday, 13 August, the Conference on Disarmament’s seven Coordinators reported orally to the six 2008 Presidents (P6) of the Conference on the outcome of the latest round of thematic debates on the Conference’s agenda items. These Coordinators generally validated their earlier…

Experts to Discuss Biosafety and Biosecurity, as well as Oversight, Education, Awareness Raising, and Codes of Conduct The 2008 Meeting of Experts from States parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held in Geneva from 18 to 22 August 2008. The Meeting of Experts is part of a…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Committee of the Red…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the Universal Postal Union, the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office…