The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons’ Group of Governmental Experts on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems will meet in Geneva from 25 to 29 March 2019. The Fifth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of…

As the conflict enters its ninth year, Syrians continue to suffer from one of the worst conflicts of our time. Hundreds of thousands have been killed, many more maimed physically and psychologically, millions remain displaced, tens of thousands are detained and missing, hundreds of thousands have…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Telecommunication Union, the International Organization for…

George Papadatos, the new Permanent Observer of the European Public Law Organization to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Papadatos has been serving since 2015 as the…

The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 on 10 March 2019 that claimed the lives of 157 people, including UN staff, delegates and others, many of whom were on their way to the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, has come as a profound shock to all of us in International Geneva. The UN…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Colombia, Antigua and Barbuda, Ethiopia, Myanmar, United Kingdom, Angola, Serbia, and Botswana The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concluded today its seventy-second session, during which it reviewed the reports of…

Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Estonia, Cameroon, Bulgaria, Mauritius, and Kazakhstan The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon closed its sixty-fifth session during which it reviewed the reports of Estonia, Cameroon, Bulgaria, Mauritius, and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.…