Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, participated on 23 May in the annual commemoration of Africa Day, organized by the Africa Union under the theme of “Let’s Strengthen Africa’s place in the world through strategic, balanced and responsible…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the second and third periodic reports of the Maldives on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Aishath Mohamed Didi, Minister of Gender and the Family of the Maldives, introducing the…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Nepal, Hungary, Netherlands (Antilles), Finland and Latvia The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded on 18 May its three-week spring session by adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Nepal,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today took part in the “Diplomacy Goes Virtual” event, which marked the inauguration of “Diplomacy Island” in “Second Life”, a computer-based simulated 3-dimensional environment available on the Internet. In his…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency and the International…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Denmark, Luxembourg, Italy, Netherlands, Ukraine, Japan and Poland The Committee against Torture today concluded its thirty-eighth session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Denmark, Luxembourg, Italy, the…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today inaugurated the Azerbaijan Room at the Palais des Nations, together with the First Lady of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ms. Mehriban Aliyeva. The Director-General thanked the Government and people of the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Telecommunication Union, the…

No Consensus Yet on Draft Presidential Decision to Start Substantive Work The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary of the second part of its 2007 session, during which it discussed a proposed draft presidential decision and its corollary eventual special session in order…