Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a ouvert, ce matin, les travaux de sa trentième session, qui se tient au Palais des Nations jusqu’au 22 mars prochain et pendant laquelle il doit notamment examiner les rapports présentés au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its twenty-sixth session after adopting its concluding observations on the periodic report of Cambodia, and on additional information submitted by Burkina Faso and Honduras.Juan Pablo Albán Alencastro, Committee Rapporteur, recalled…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the…

Richard Bennett, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon concluded its seventy-fifth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Mauritania, Romania and Sweden.The concluding observations will be transmitted to the States and made…

Jan-Michael Simon, Chair of the Group of ExpertsÁngela Maria Buitrago, Member of the Group of Experts

Milan Milanović, the new Permanent Representative of Serbia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Milanović had been serving as Acting Assistant…

Usana Berananda, the new Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Berananda had been serving as Director-…

Phan Dung Mai, the new Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Mai had been serving as Vice President of…

 M. Rachid Bladehane a présenté aujourd'hui à Mme Tatiana Valovaya, Directrice générale de l’Office des Nations Unies à Genève, les pouvoirs l'accréditant comme Représentant permanent de l’Algérie auprès de l'Office.Avant sa nomination à Genève, M. Bladehane était Ambassadeur d’Algérie au…