The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its fourth session, which was primarily devoted to the discussion of its procedures and working methods. The Committee met at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 4 to 8 October 2010. At the opening of its session…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons and representatives of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Guatemala, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka and Sudan The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its three-week fifty-fifth session, adopting its report and issuing its concluding…

The Human Rights Council closed its fifteenth regular session this afternoon after adopting 34 texts which included establishing the mandates of a Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, a Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law…

Sultan Chouzour, the new Permanent Representative of the Comoros to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Chouzour served as Ambassador to…

Adopts Presidential Statement on Haiti which Extends Mission of Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti until September 2011 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 12 texts in which it, among other things extended for three years the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on adequate…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International…