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 World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Labour…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Chile, Chad, Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Belarus, Jamaica, Sweden and Cyprus The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its eighty-third session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports…

Aya Thiam Diallo, the new Permanent Representative of Mali 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 and to joining the diplomatic service of Mali…

Mehmet Ferden Çarikçi, the new Permanent Representative of Turkey 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. Çarikçi had held the position of…

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 Spokesperson for the Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, United…

Carsten Ulrich Staur, the new Permanent Representative of Denmark 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. Staur had been serving as Denmark’…

Vladislav Mladenovic, the new Permanent Representative of Serbia 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. Mladenovic had been serving as…

The 2013 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats from 25 Member States of the United Nations. The programme will last for a period of nine weeks. Diplomats from the following 25 Member…

Gerhard J.W. Putman-Cramer, the new Permanent Observer of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment…

Marciano Octavio Garcia Da Silva, the new Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste 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. Da Silva served as…