Bamanga Abbas Malloum, the new Permanent Representative of Chad 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. Malloum had been serving since…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General's activities in Asia; the 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Geneva activities;…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which informed correspondents about the Secretary-General’s programme in Indonesia and gave an update on the last day of the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights. She also…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing. Also participating were spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), Office for the Coordination of…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which informed correspondents on the activities of the Director-General of the Office, the Seminar on the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Palais, the Working Group on…

Homero Luis Hernandez Sanchez, the new Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic 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. Hernandez…

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has addressed a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan in which it expressed dismay and utmost concern about the execution of an Uzbek national in violation of the Committee's request for interim protection. The Committee requested a…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, since the Director of the Service was attending informal consultations on the human rights sections of the Report of the Secretary-…

Alberto Juan Dumont, the new Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations Office at Geneva, the World Trade Organization and other international organizations in Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which provided information on the Secretary-General’s programme in Geneva and travels to Rome and Oslo, the annual session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, payments made…