Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing, which provided information on the Secretary-General's trip to the Middle East, the activities of the Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament, the opening for signature of the Convention…

(New York) - The Human Rights Committee, which monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, concluded its three-week session at Headquarters in New York today and, heading into its July session in Geneva, during which it will consider the human rights…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the…

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 Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization,…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Spokespersons for the World Health…

The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy, issued the following statement today: “Following the recent dismissal of the appeal by Taha Yassin Ramadan against the death sentence imposed by the Iraqi High Tribunal, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the…

Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi, the new Permanent Representative of Nigeria 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. Uhomoibhi had been serving as…

Paul Meyer, the new Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Meyer has been based at the Canadian Permanent Mission to the United Nations…

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, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High…