Awards $ 366.7 Million for Compensation The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece), has concluded its fifty-sixth session today. Representatives of Kuwait and Iraq addressed the fifteen-member Governing…

The Conference on Disarmament today held a meeting to discuss a possible future treaty prohibiting fissile materials, as part of a series of meetings being held in response to the invitation last week by the President of the Conference, Ambassador Wegger Strommen of Norway, to hold four public…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), met today with members of the Group of Western European and Other States for informal discussions on issues of mutual interest and concern, including the 2005 World Summit; the Secretary-General's ongoing…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the start of the celebrations marking the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations yesterday in Geneva and New York, the General Assembly's second High-Level Dialogue…

Following are the opening remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the inauguration today at the Palais des Nations of the exhibition entitled "A Time for Renewal" at the occasion of the 60th anniversary…

La Directrice du Service de l'information des Nations Unies à Genève, Mme Marie Heuzé, et le Président du Comité des activités culturelles, M. Pierre Le Loarer, ont donné ce matin une conférence de presse conjointe afin de présenter les activités prévues à Genève dans le cadre de la commémoration…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the Middle East Quartet meeting in London; the General Assembly's first-ever interactive sessions with civil society…

Experts Exchange Ideas on the Content, Promulgation, and Adoption of Codes of Conduct for Scientists The third Meeting of Experts from States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fifty-sixth session from 28 to 30 June 2005 under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece). During the session, the Council will consider four reports and recommendations of panels of Commissioners…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the Secretary-General's European trip, the Secretary-General's statement on the elections in Lebanon, the United Nations' demining work in Iraq, upcoming press…