Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Austria, Australia and El Salvador The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its tenth session, and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Austria, Australia…

The Conference on Disarmament, the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, concluded its 2013 session in a public plenary today. The session officially ends tomorrow, Friday 13 September. In a message to the Conference on 22 January - read out by the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Refugee Agency, Office of the High Commissioner for…

Rahma Salih Elobied, the new Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Elobied had been serving as Director…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Economic Commission for…

Modest Jonathan Mero, the new Permanent Representative of Tanzania 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. Mero had been serving as Head of…

Commission of Inquiry on Syria to Present Latest Report, Commission of Inquiry on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to Present Oral Update The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-fourth regular session from 9 to 27 September 2013 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it will…

Maurizio Enrico Serra, the new Permanent Representative of Italy 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. Serra had been serving as Permanent…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations…

Thongphane Savanphet, the new Permanent Representative of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic 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.…