The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-ninth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Spain, Oman, Rwanda, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Namibia on their implementation of the provisions of the International…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director, a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Refugee Agency.UN…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Children’s Fund. UN Secretary-General Mr. LeBlanc said…

Mustafa Osman Ismail Elamin, the new Permanent Representative of Sudan 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. Elamin had been Minister of…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Organization for Migration. Geneva activities Committees The Committee…

Arabic ملاحظة للمراسلين بيان لمكتب المبعوث الخاص للأمم المتحدة لسوريا، السيد ستيفان دي مستورا، عقب الاجتماعات مع وزير الخارجية الأمريكية ووزير خارجية المملكة العربية السعودية جنيف، 2 مايو 2016 التقى المبعوث الخاص للأمم المتحدة لسوريا، ستيفان دي مستورا اليوم بوزير الخارجية الأمريكي السيد جون كيري…

This paper sets out an account of developments and the work plan executed by the UN Special Envoy during the round of UN facilitated Intra-Syrian Talks held in Geneva between 13-27 April 2016.Agenda The work plan for this round of Talks was based upon the agenda as set by Security Council…

The twenty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 2 to 13 May during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by…

Arabic Version Geneva (27 April 2016) - The Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has just briefed the Security Council via video conference on the conclusion earlier today of this round of Intra-Syrian Talks convened on the basis of Security Council resolution 2254. These Talks ran from 13…

GENEVA (26 April 2016) – The rights of two deaf people in Australia were violated when they were called up for jury service but then told they could not have the support they needed, in the form of sign language interpretation and real-time captioning, to participate in the proceedings, United…