The Human Rights Council held its seventh Special Session today and adopted a resolution on the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food prices. In the resolution, which was adopted by consensus, the Council…

Anatole Fabien Nkou, the new Permanent Representative of Cameroon 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. Nkou had been serving from 1997 to…

Marie Heuzé, the 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, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Australia, Sweden, Algeria, Costa Rica, Indonesia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Zambia and Iceland The Committee against Torture today concluded its fortieth session after adopting its annual report to the General Assembly and issuing its…

Marie Heuzé, 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of France, Benin, Bolivia and India The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded its fortieth session today, after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of France, Benin, Bolivia and India, which it…

Marie Heuzé, 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, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office…

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Children’s…

The Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) held its second session from 28 April to 9 May at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland. The session was chaired by Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko of…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on "the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food prices", on Thursday, 22 May, in room XIX of the Palais des Nations. The Special Session was called by Cuba…