Arcanjo Maria do Nascimento, the new Permanent Representative of Angola 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. do Nascimento had been…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Oil-for-Food Programme, the 2005 World Summit, the Iran nuclear issue and the humanitarian situation in Niger. Spokespersons for the United Nations Office…

The Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the eighth to sixteenth periodic reports of Barbados on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing the report, Trevor Clarke,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which provided information about the deaths of Dr. John Garang, First Vice-President of Sudan, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and the humanitarian situation in Niger. Spokespersons for the United Nations…

Petko Draganov, the new Permanent Representative of Bulgaria 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. Draganov had been serving as Bulgaria’s…

Juan Carlos Faidutti Estrada, the new Permanent Representative of Ecuador 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 in Geneva, Mr Faidutti Estrada served…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the humanitarian situations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Niger and sexual violence in the Darfur region of Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of Congo.…

Adopts Final Conclusions and Recommendations on Reports of Yemen, Tajikistan, Slovenia, Syria, and Thailand The Human Rights Committee concluded today its three-week summer session during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted by Yemen…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $199,164,829.35 to 14 Governments for distribution to 32,859 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 139 claims in category "A" (claims of individuals for departure from Kuwait or Iraq), 31,880 claims…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about report of the Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Human Settlements in Zimbabwe, the opening of the fifty-seventh session of the Sub-Commission-Commission on the…