Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking at a press conference today at the Palais des Nations, said she had just come back from a two-week mission to the Horn of Africa. She had gone to Ethiopia, then briefly to Kenya to look at the UN efforts in Somalia, as the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for…

MARKS 'NEW BEGINNING' FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION, PROTECTION NEW YORK, 9 May 2006 - The General Assembly today, in what its President called a new beginning for the promotion and protection of human rights, elected the first 47 members of the newly-created Human Rights Council.Following three…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World…

Caroline Jane Millar, the new Permanent Representative of Australia 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. Millar had recently completed a…

Following are the opening remarks of Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a panel discussion at the Palais des Nations today on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day: “It is a pleasure to welcome you all to…

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

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also included Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.…

Participants Look Ahead to the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention to Review its Operation and Consider Follow Up Action States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) met in Geneva, Switzerland from 26 to 28 April 2006 at the Preparatory Committee for the…

Adopts conclusions and recommendations on initial report of Mali The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its week-long fourth session during which it considered the initial periodic report of Mali, the first country report…