Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the…

Issues Conclusions on Reports of Samoa, Ethiopia, Oman, Kiribati, Swaziland, Senegal, Republic of Congo, Benin, Ireland, and Jordan The Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded today its forty-third session and issued its conclusions and recommendations on the situation of children in Samoa…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the…

Kwabena Baah-Duodu, the new Permanent Representative of Ghana 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. Baah-Duodu was the Supervising Director…

Mohamed-Siad Doualeh, the new Permanent Representative of Djibouti 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. Doualeh served, since September…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired this briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the…

Alex Van Meeuwen, the new Permanent Representative of Belgium 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. Van Meeuwen was, from 2001, Director-…

International Community to Assesses Progress in Fight to Eliminate Anti-Personnel Mines More than 700 delegates representing over 100 States and dozens of organizations will gather in Geneva from 18 to 22 September for the Seventh Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological…