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 United…

Navanethem Pillay to Make First Address to Council as High Commissioner for Human Rights The Human Rights Council will hold its ninth regular session from 8 to 26 September at the Palais des Nations to discuss issues relating to the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. The…

Hannu Himanen, the new Permanent Representative of Finland 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. Himanen had been serving as Under-…

Aharon Leshno Yaar, the new Permanent Representative of Israel 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. Leshno Yaar had been serving, since…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination…

After the opening ceremony of the 29th session of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change. Secretary-General: I am happy to meet with you and exchange some of our views on the very important issue of climate change on the occasion of celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the […

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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office for the Coordination of…

The Fourth 2008 Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the High Contracting Parties to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) will convene from 1…

The Human Rights Committee, the UN body in charge of monitoring compliance of States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its two Optional Protocols with their obligations under these treaties, was very concerned to learn that, on Tuesday 22 July 2008, President…

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