Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Initial Reports of Syria and Bolivia The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its eighth session after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the United…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was addressed by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director-General of the United Nations Office at…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section 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 Relief and Works Agency…

International efforts to address the humanitarian challenges posed by cluster munitions received an additional boost this week. The Group of Governmental Experts to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons concluded its second 2008 Session today at the Palais des Nations. In a productive…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the presidency of Ambassador Van Meeuwen (Belgium), and the vice-presidency of Ambassador Puja (Indonesia) has today concluded its sixty-fifth session. At this session, the Council elected Ambassador Thompson (Costa Rica)…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its sixty-fifth session from 8 to 9 April 2008 under the Presidency of Ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium). During the session, the Governing Council will discuss various issues relating to the work of the…