Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and Public Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Health Organisation, International Labour Organisation, Office for the Coordination of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, World Food…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Australia, today concluded its seventy-seventh session. At this session, the Council elected Jordan as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Governing Council. Jordan replaces Morocco which held vice-presidency…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund,…

Njabuliso Busisiwe Gwebu, the new Permanent Representative of Swaziland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Ms. Gwebu started her career at the Swaziland Monetary Authority (…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its seventy-seventh session from 29 to 30 April 2014 under the Presidency of Australia. At the opening plenary, the Council will elect a new Vice-President to replace Morocco, whose term concluded in December 2013. The…

Yvette Morris, Chief, TV and Radio Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office for the…

Today, the United Nations Compensation Commission made available $990 million to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council…

Meeting organized by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People A two-day United Nations Roundtable on Legal Aspects of the Question of Palestine, organized by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People was opened at…