Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Republic of Moldova, Colombia, Benin, Andorra, Cambodia, Tajikistan and Seychelles The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its fifty-sixth session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on…

The seventeenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 21 October to 1 November during which 15 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Jamal Mohammad Alghunaim, the new Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Alghunaim served, since 2010…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for…

Francisco Villagran de Leon, the new Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Villagran de Leon served…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, World Health Organization,…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Sao Tome and Principe, Kuwait, Republic of Moldova, Tuvalu, Lithuania, Paraguay, China, Luxembourg and Monaco The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its sixty-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations and…

Zambia has deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), bringing the total membership of the Convention to 117 States parties. The accession ceremony took place during this year’s Treaty Event organized by the United Nations in New York under the…