The Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) held its second session from 28 April to 9 May at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland. The session was chaired by Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko of…

The Human Rights Council will hold a Special Session on "the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food prices", on Thursday, 22 May, in room XIX of the Palais des Nations. The Special Session was called by Cuba…

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…

Shinichi Kitajima, the new Permanent Representative of Japan 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. Kitajima had been serving as Permanent…

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

The second session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 5 to 19 May during which 16 States will have their human rights records examined under this new mechanism. The second group of States to be reviewed under…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $972,451,530.00 to four Governments for distribution to 26 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 8 claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and 18 claims in…

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 addressed by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency and the…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Initial Reports of Syria and Bolivia The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its eighth session after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World…