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 for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health…

Dante Martinelli, the new Permanent Representative of Switzerland 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. Martinelli had been serving since…

The Second Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) is being held on 10 and 11 November 2008 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Ambassador Edvardas Borisovas of Lithuania was designated by…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva chaired the meeting which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mongolia, Myanmar, Portugal, Slovenia and Uruguay The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its forty-second session and issued its concluding…

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 for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN…

Negotiations to Focus on New Instrument on Cluster Munitions Negotiations on a new instrument on cluster munitions by a Group of Governmental Experts of the High Contracting Parties to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be…

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 for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $888,656,729 to three Governments for distribution to 16 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 6 claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and 10 claims in…