Park Sang-ki, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea 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. Park had been studying at the…

Murad Nizami oglu Najafbayli, the new Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to coming to Geneva, since August 2004, Mr. Najafbayli…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office for the Coordination of…

Adopts 28 Resolutions, Creates Expert Committee on Goldstone Report and Extends Mandates of Special Procedures on Right to Food, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Myanmar The Human Rights Council closed its thirteenth regular session this afternoon, adopting 28 texts on a wide range…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee…

Concludes First Part of 2010 Session The Conference on Disarmament, which finishes the first part of its 2010 session this week, heard addresses this morning from Laura Kennedy, the new Permanent Representative of the United States, and from Canada. Croatia also made a statement on behalf of an…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,…

Seyed Mohammad Sajjadi, the new Permanent Representative of Iran 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. Sajjadi had been serving as Director…

Fernando Rojas Samanez, the new Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to coming to Geneva, since 2006, Mr. Rojas Samanez had been serving…