Common Understandings Reached On Ways and Means To Enhance National Implementation and Regional Cooperation The Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was held in Geneva from 10 to 14 December 2007. The Meeting developed and consolidated the work of the Meeting of…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at 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 World Food Programme…

Speaking at a press conference at the Palais des Nations in Geneva the President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Doru Romulus Costea of Romania, recalled that at the first part of the current session held in September, the Council had successfully embarked on its tasks aimed at implementing…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Universal Postal…

John Holmes, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, introduced the Humanitarian Appeal 2008, which was launched this morning in Geneva. “What we are looking for in this appeal for 2008 is some $3.8 billion, designed to give help to 25…

Highlights of Press Conference by High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, On the Launch of a Year-Long Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, speaking in a press conference on…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the upcoming Climate Change Conference in Bali, the Human Rights Council's resumed sixth session, Human Rights Day celebrations, the…

Meeting to Discuss Ways and Means to Enhance National Implementation and Regional Cooperation The Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held in Geneva from 10 to 14 December 2007. The Meeting will develop and consolidate the work of the Meeting of Experts (…

The Human Rights Council will hold the second part of its sixth session from 10 to 14 December at the Palais des Nations to discuss issues relating to the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. The Council will also consider human rights situations that require its attention,…

Over 120 high-level representatives of Governments, the United Nations family, think tanks and academia participated today in a seminar entitled “Nuclear Weapons: Governance and Accountability”, co-chaired by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG),…