Issues Conclusions on Reports of Austria, Uganda, Djibouti, Lithuania, Bhutan, United Kingdom and Tanzania The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its forty-ninth session, issuing its conclusions and recommendations on the situation of children in Djibouti, Bhutan and the United…

Maria Nazareth Farani Azevedo, the new Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Farani Azevedo had been…

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

Adopts 24 Texts, Appoints Four New Special Procedure Mandate Holders and Extends Mandates of Seven Special Procedures The Human Rights Council closed its ninth regular session this afternoon, adopting 24 texts on a wide range of issues, appointing four new Special Procedure mandate holders and…

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

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations…

Following are the opening remarks by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), to a panel discussion this afternoon, organized by UNOG's Non-Governmental Liaison Office and the Spanish Society for…

Yvette Morris, Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Following are the opening remarks delivered by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a panel event on parliaments and challenges to democracy organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union to mark 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 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the United Nations High…