Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk…

Luis Plaza Gentina, the new Permanent Representative of Chile 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. Plaza Gentina had been serving…

 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its one hundred and seventeenth session, during which it reviewed the reports of Burkina Faso, Cuba, Cyprus, Serbia, Slovenia and Uzbekistan.  The Committee’s concluding observations for the six country…

 Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service (UNIS) at Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the High…

 Le Comité contre la torture a clos ce matin les travaux de sa quatre-vingt-quatrième session, qui se tenait à Genève depuis le 13 avril dernier. Au cours de cette session, le Comité a notamment examiné les rapports soumis par quatre États parties à la Convention contre la torture et…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today held an informal meeting with States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.Opening the meeting, Gun Kut, Committee Chair, said the Committee’s mandate was to serve its…

 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 Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the…

 The Committee against Torture today heard presentations of reports on follow-up to concluding observations and reprisals, submitted under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, before adopting both reports.Naoko Maeda, Rapporteur on…

 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid press briefing which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the…

 Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale (CERD) a examiné, hier après-midi et ce matin, le rapport présenté par Cuba au titre de la Convention internationale sur l’élimination de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale.Au cours du dialogue noué entre les experts…