Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme (WFP), the…

  C. A. Chandraprema, the new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Chandraprema had been working as a…

  The Human Rights Committee this afternoon closed its one hundred and thirtieth session, which it held remotely. Ahmed Amin Fathalla, Committee Chairperson, said the Committee’s second online session had been very productive, despite the technical challenges of an online platform and the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International…

  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its seventy-seventh session, which it held remotely. The Committee adopted its report for the session, presented by Committee Rapporteur Lia Nadaraia, and the provisional agenda for the seventy-…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by spokespersons for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Universal Periodic Reviews Alessandra Vellucci, on behalf of the Human…

  Le Comité des droits de l'homme a adopté, cet après-midi, un rapport sur le suivi des observations finales adoptées après l'examen des rapports soumis par les États parties au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques . Le Comité a aussi adopté un rapport sur le suivi de…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, UN-Habitat, and the International Labour Organization. COVID-19…

  Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination à l’égard des femmes a tenu, cet après-midi, une brève séance publique au cours de laquelle il a entendu une déclaration conjointe de trois organisations non gouvernementales. Il avait auparavant été saisi des rapports de ses groupes de…

  The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Vice-Presidency of Belgium, concluded its eighty-seventh session today. Delegations from Iraq and Kuwait addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening plenary meeting. The Governing Council…