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…

Yafei He, the new Permanent Representative of China 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, since 2008, Mr. He had been serving as Vice-…

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 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…

Alberto Navarro Brin, the new Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Navarro Brin has had a long career in the private sector, having…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Director-General of United Nations Office at Geneva, as well as spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its one-week third session, which was primarily devoted to the discussion of its procedures and working methods. This morning, the Committee also held a dialogue with States parties and other organizations on the…

The Human Rights Council will hold its thirteenth regular session from 1 to 26 March at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Council's main annual session will start off with a high-level segment from 1 to 3 March, when some 70 dignitaries will address the Council on their countries’ efforts to…