Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of the Netherlands, El Salvador, Tajikistan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Albania The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its three-week autumn session by adopting its concluding observations on the reports…

The Human Rights Council will resume its suspended second session on Monday, 27 November to take action on deferred draft proposals, after which it will immediately begin its scheduled third session. From 22 September to 6 October, the Council heard reports from most of its thematic and country…

Paul Mahwera, the new Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Mahwera had been a journalist in Germany,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization,…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations…

The Third Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, presided by Ambassador François Rivasseau of France, concluded successfully on Friday, 17 November 2006 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Ambassador Rivasseau was assisted by Friends of the President…

United Nations Secretary-General to Address Opening of Conference on 20 November States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet in Geneva from 20 November to 8 December for the Sixth Review Conference of the Convention. BWC review conferences are held every five years to…

Following is the message of Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, to a roundtable discussion during the Green Cross International Forum expert meeting held at the…

Calls for Urgent International Action to End Gross Violationsof Palestinians in Occupied Territory The third special session of the Human Rights Council concluded its work this afternoon after adopting a resolution in which it expressed its shock at the horror of Israeli killing of Palestinian…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the Universal Postal Union Strategy Conference which he delivered today in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: “It is a great pleasure to join you…