Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNAIDS and the World Health…

To mark the start of the second half of the Secretary-General’s 100-day “WMD-We Must Disarm” countdown campaign to the International Day of Peace on 21 September, the United Nations has launched a competition to find the best short film on the issue of nuclear disarmament and/or non-proliferation.…

Dell Higgie, the new Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, from 2003 to the present, Ms. Higgie had…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations…

Adopts Recommendations on the Reports of Tanzania, the Netherlands, Chad and Azerbaijan and on the Situation of Civil and Political Rights in Grenada The Human Rights Committee concluded today its ninety-sixth session, during which it considered and adopted concluding observations and…

The third session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will be held from 3 to 7 August 2009 in Room XX of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the Committee will consider requests addressed to it stemming from Human Rights Council resolutions and is expected to continue…

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available a total of $430,000,000.00 to the Government of the State of Kuwait for distribution to 10 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 5 claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and 5…

Seraphin Lissassi, the new Permanent Representative of Benin 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, from January 1983 to date, Mr. Lissassi held…

Abdul Hannan, the new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office at Geneva, including other offices in Geneva and Vienna, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the United Nations…