The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium), today concluded its sixty-second session. At this session, the Council elected Belgium as President, and Indonesia as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Governing…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the Information Service of the United Nations in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its sixty-second session from 20 to 22 February 2007. At the opening plenary meeting, the Governing Council will elect a new president and one of the two vice-presidents of the Council to replace Greece and Japan…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the fight against terrorism, the situation in Sudan, violence in Guinea, flooding in Mozambique, the situation of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons,…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the High-Level Meeting of the Tripartite Plus Process 2007, which he delivered today in Vienna: "It gives me great pleasure to address you today…

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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was addressed by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Kenya, Mali, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Suriname, Malaysia and Chile The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its forty-fourth session and issued its conclusions and recommendations on the situation of children in Kenya, Mali, Honduras, the…