Corinne Momal-Vanian, the 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 Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization, the United Nations…

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

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Argentina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Guatemala, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Monaco, the Netherlands, Panama and Slovakia The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its four-week seventy-sixth session and released its concluding…

GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination called on the Nigerian authorities to tackle the underlying causes of the repeated outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence near the city of Jos in northern Nigeria. Over the last 10 years, over 13,500 people have…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the 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 World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health…

Manuel B. Dengo, the new Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, from August 2009 to February 2010, Mr…

GENEVA – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities announced Friday the creation of a working group to follow up on the situation of the disabled in Haiti, who have been disproportionately affected by the earthquake that hit Haiti in January. Last month, the group of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the International Labour Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations…

Betty E. King, the new Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. From 1997 to 2001, Ms. King served as the United States…