Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Trade Organization.Syria Ms. Vellucci said…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Bangladesh, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Italy, Thailand, and Bosnia and Herzegovina The Human Rights Committee this morning held a public meeting in which it discussed its methods of work, after which the Committee closed its one hundred and…

The thirty-ninth round of the Geneva International Discussions was held today. The Co-Chairs welcomed the overall business-like atmosphere in which it took place. In Working Group I dealing with security issues, the participants assessed the security situation as relatively calm and stable. There…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…

The Human Rights Council will convene a special meeting as a matter of courtesy on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 on the occasion of the visit of Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile. The special meeting will start at 11.30am in Room XX. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the United Nations High…

Evan P. Garcia, the new Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Garcia had…

Sek Wannamethee, the new Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Wannamethee had been serving…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Refugee Agency…

Decides to Dispatch a Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar, Renews Mandates on Myanmar, Foreign Debt, Human Rights Defenders, Minority Issues, Adequate Housing, Iran, Mali, Freedom of Expression, Torture, Migrants, Racism, South Sudan, Syria and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The Human Rights…

44th meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Russian verisonOn 21 March 2017, the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions (UNRGID) organized and chaired the 44th meeting of the Gali joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (…