Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the Spokesperson for Joint Special Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan, Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, United Nations High Commission for Refugees,…

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 International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the International Labour Organization and the…

Suggest requesting the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on the question of the status of Palestinian prisoners The International Meeting on the Question of Palestine met this morning in plenary to discuss the legal status of Palestinian political prisoners in…

The Committee hears a proposal for the framework for release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons. The International Meeting on the Question of Palestine this afternoon held a thematic meeting on the issue of Palestinian political prisoners and the Israeli-Palestinian political process,…

The meeting held two days of talks on the situation of Palestinian prisoners The International Meeting on the Question of Palestine closed its two-day session this afternoon, hearing an address by Mr. Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations. During the meeting…

Focuses on legal and political implications of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People opened the United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine this morning at the United Nations…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency and the…

The United Nations Meeting on the Question of Palestine this afternoon held the first of three thematic discussions set out in its agenda, on humanitarian and legal aspects of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention facilities. Speaking about the situation of…

Ana Maria Menendez Perez, the new Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Menendez Perez had been…

Dr. Miloš Prica, the new Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Dr. Prica held the…