GENEVA (4 September 2014) – How children use, benefit from and can also be harmed by digital media will be the focus of discussions organised by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on Friday 12 September. The Day of General Discussion on “Digital media and children’s…

Council to hear presentation of latest report from Commission of Inquiry on Syria, updates on the situations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Iraq, and hold ten panel discussions on a variety of issues The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-seventh regular session from 8 to 26…

Houssam El dine Alaa, the new Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Vladimir Gratchev, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Alaa had been serving as Deputy Minister of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Programme, World Food…

The new Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Amr Ahmed Ramadan, today presented his credentials to Vladimir Gratchev, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ramadan had been serving as Egypt’s…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, Interparliamentary Union, International Organization for Migration, World Health Organization, United Nations…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of El Salvador, United States, Peru, Cameron, Iraq, Japan and Estonia The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on…

The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-second Special Session on Monday, 1 September, entitled “the human rights situation in Iraq in light of abuses committed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and associated groups.” The President of the Human Rights Council received a letter on…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, World Health Organization and the Human…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and Public Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee…