Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nepal, spokespersons and…

 Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées (CRPD, selon son acronyme anglais) a clos cet après-midi les travaux de sa trente-cinquième session, qui se tenait à Genève depuis le 12 août dernier sous la présidence de Mme Miyeon Kim (République de Corée). À cette occasion, le Comité a…

 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today closed its one hundred and eighteenth session, during which it reviewed the reports of Finland, Honduras, India and Kuwait.  The Committee’s concluding observations for the country reviews conducted during the session are…

Uering Iteraera, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kiribati to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Iteraera has been…

Laurence Simms, the new Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Simms had been serving as Joint…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office of the…

Geneva, 25 August 2026In a joint appeal today, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, renew their call for States to urgently adopt new international rules on autonomous weapons systems.…

 Božena Forštnarič Boroje, the new Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Forštnarič Boroje had…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United…

 Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées (CRPD selon l’acronyme anglais) a examiné aujourd’hui le rapport périodique soumis par la Slovaquie au titre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées.Présentant le rapport, M. Fedor Rosocha, Représentant permanent de la…