Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of El Salvador, Belgium, Latvia, Italy, Canada, Turkey, Czech Republic, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Tanzania, Mexico, Lebanon, Turkmenistan, Iceland, and Colombia The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded today its forty-second session and issued its conclusions and…

On 1 June 2006, the report of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC) was officially presented to the Director-General of UNOG, in his capacity as Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament. Dr. Patricia Lewis, Commissioner of the WMDC and Director of the United Nations Institute…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization…

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 UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the International…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Peru, Georgia, Guatemala, the United States, Qatar, Togo and the Republic of Korea The Committee against Torture today concluded its three-week spring session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Peru, Georgia,…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Monaco, Liechtenstein, Canada, Mexico, and Morocco The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its three-week spring session by adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Monaco, Liechtenstein, Canada, Mexico, and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the World Food…