The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its tenth session from 18 to 22 February at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Committee, a body of 18 independent experts serving as a think-tank to the United Nations Human Rights Council, will work on requests…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons from the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health…

Luis Enrique Chavez Basagoitia, the new Permanent Representative of Peru 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. Chavez Basagoitia had been…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission held a special session today for the purpose of electing a new president and one of the two vice-presidents of the Council. The Permanent Representative of Morocco (the current vice-president of the Council), Ambassador Omar Hilale…

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

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 of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and…

Carole Lanteri, the new Permanent Representative of Monaco 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 as Permanent Representative, Ms. Lanteri had been…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Human Rights Council, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports from Guyana, United States, Malta, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niue, Philippines and Slovakia The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-second session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on…

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 Institute for Training and Research, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the High Commissioner for Refugees,…