Enric Tarrado Vives, the new Permanent Representative of Andorra 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, Mr. Tarrado Vives served as general…

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 Population Fund, the World Trade Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the…

The Human Rights Council today briefly resumed its suspended eighteenth session to nominate Mutama Ruteere (Kenya) as the new Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Mr. Ruteere has a strong human rights background with…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Eight Countries, General Comment on Rural Women and Statement on Refugee Women The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has concluded its fiftieth session and adopted its concluding observations and…

Ibrahim Aldredi, the new Permanent Representative of Libya 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, Mr. Aldredi had been serving as Charge d’…

Petru Dumitriu, the new Permanent Observer of the Council of Europe to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Dumitriu had been…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the 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 Human…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Reinhard Schweppe (Germany), has today concluded its seventy-second session. At this session, the Council elected South Africa as its second Vice-President. Brazil currently holds the other…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the World Health Organization, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization…