The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the second public plenary meeting of its 2019 session, in which it heard delegations proposing possible ways of moving ahead toward agreement on a programme of work. The President of the Conference, Ambassador Yurii Klymenko of Ukraine, welcomed new…

Emilio Rafael Izquierdo Miño, the new Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Izquierdo Miño served as the Representative of Ecuador and National…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Update from the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-…

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available US $100 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by representatives of the secretariat of the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation and the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2019 session on Monday, 21 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open under the presidency of Ukraine. The presidency of the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological…