Maria Nazareth Farani Azevedo, the new Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Farani Azevedo had been…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the High Commissioner…

Adopts 24 Texts, Appoints Four New Special Procedure Mandate Holders and Extends Mandates of Seven Special Procedures The Human Rights Council closed its ninth regular session this afternoon, adopting 24 texts on a wide range of issues, appointing four new Special Procedure mandate holders and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations…

Yvette Morris, Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the United Nations High…

John Ukec Lueth Ukec, the new Permanent Representative of Sudan 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. Ukec had been serving as Sudan’s…

Hisham Badr, the new Permanent Representative of Egypt 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. Badr had been working as Assistant Minister…

Goulnora Karimova, the new Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Karimova had been working at the…