The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on Friday, 9 January to address “the grave violations of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including the recent aggression in the occupied Gaza Strip”. The session will take place in Room XIX at the Palais des Nations and will…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration the World…

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 World Health Organization, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for…

From Abkhaz to Zulu, the Universal Declaration was the world’s most translated document, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the commemorative session of the Human Rights Council held in Geneva today on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In his…

Abdelwaheb Jemal, the new Permanent Representative of Tunisia 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. Jemal had been serving since 2001 as…

United Nations Secretary-General, High Commissioner for Human Rights and Dignitaries to Participate in Commemorative Session The Human Rights Council will hold a commemorative session on Friday 12 December on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights…

Dudley McKinley Thomas, the new Permanent Representative of Liberia 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. Thomas had been serving as…