The 2005 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats from 30 Member States of the United Nations. The programme will last for a period of almost ten weeks. Diplomats from the following 30…

Danzannorov Boldbaatar, the new Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Boldbaatar has been since 2002…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Annual Report of the Secretary-General, the upcoming visit to China of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General’s upcoming visit to Niger, the investigation of the death of Sudanese Vice-President John…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports Presented by Venezuela, Georgia, Zambia, Barbados, Tanzania, Iceland, Turkmenistan and Nigeria The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its sixty-seventh session and issued its concluding observations on reports presented…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about new statements by the Secretary-General on Western Sahara and the Middle East, a report of the Secretary-General on…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about new statements by the Secretary-General on Israel's disengagement from Gaza and the northern West Bank and the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the new national draft constitution in Iraq, the decision of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran, the…

Arcanjo Maria do Nascimento, the new Permanent Representative of Angola to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. do Nascimento had been…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Oil-for-Food Programme, the 2005 World Summit, the Iran nuclear issue and the humanitarian situation in Niger. Spokespersons for the United Nations Office…