The new Permanent Representative of Mauritania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Salka Mint Bilal Yamar, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Mint Bilal Yamar had been a…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…

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, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, World…

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, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, World…

Francine Baron, the new Permanent Representative of Dominica to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Baron had been serving as High…

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

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Spokeperson for the United Nations…

The First Preparatory Committee for the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction this morning, on its second day of meetings, continued its discussion on the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. In the discussion speakers highlighted both national and regional measures taken on…

The First Session of the Preparatory Committee of the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction concluded its work this afternoon after discussing the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction during two days of meetings. In concluding remarks, Margareta Wahlstrom,…

The First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction opened this morning in Geneva, hearing addresses from the Permanent Representatives of Finland and Thailand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, elected as Co-chairs of the meeting, as well…