Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Japan, Iran, Jamaica, Azerbaijan, Togo, Rwanda and Denmark The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its fiftieth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on how Japan, Iran…

The Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) established by the United Nations General Assembly pursuant to Resolution A/RES/67/56 titled “Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations,” opened today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Group, chaired by Ambassador Manuel Dengo,…

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

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

Geneva, 7 May 2013 -- The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Remigiusz A. Henczel (Poland), announced today the appointment of Michael Donald Kirby of Australia and Sonja Biserko of Serbia who will join Marzuki Darusman, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the…

Mohammad Sabir Ismail, the new Permanent Representative of Iraq 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. Ismail had been serving as Head of…

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

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, World Trade Organization, International Telecommunications Union, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,…

States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) today concluded the second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference, chaired by Ambassador Cornel Feruta of Romania. The Committee conducted its work amid expectations for the achievement…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Australia, today concluded its seventy-fifth session. Delegations from Iraq, including the Head and members of Iraq’s Committee of Financial Experts, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia addressed the fifteen-…