The Twelfth Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) concluded on 22 November 2005 at the…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fifty-eighth session from 6 to 8 December 2005 under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece). During the session, the Council will discuss various issues relating to the activity of the Commission. A…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing. Spokespersons for United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the…

Meeting to Discuss Codes of Conduct for Scientists to Strengthen Barriers against Biological Weapons States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet in Geneva from 5 to 9 December 2005 to discuss and promote common understanding and effective action on the content,…

Jean-Maurice Ripert, the new Permanent Representative of France 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. Ripert served from 2003 to 2005 as…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about new documents and upcoming meetings in Geneva, World AIDS Day, the Humanitarian Appeal 2006 and other topics. Spokespersons for the United Nations Children's Fund,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about new documents by the Secretary-General, Geneva activities and other issues. At the end of the briefing, the…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, Austria, France, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Committee against Torture today concluded its three-week fall session and issued its concluding observations and recommendations on reports…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Slovenia, Austria, Uzbekistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Libya The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded today its three-week fall session by adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Slovenia, Austria, Uzbekistan,…

Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann, the new Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the United Nations Office at Geneva who has the rank of Ambassador, today presented her letter of nomination to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.…