Ousman Badjie, the new Permanent Representative of the Gambia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Badjie was the Ambassador to France…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Food Programme, the World…

The Conference on Disarmament, the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, concluded its 2012 session in a public plenary today. The session began on 22 January and officially ends tomorrow, Friday 14 September. In a message to…

Abdulla Nasser Musallam Al-Rahbi, the new Permanent Representative of Oman to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Al-Rahbi was the Chief…

Yvette Morris, Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights…

Martin Eyjólfsson, the new Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva Mr. Eyjólfsson held the position of…

Council to Hear Presentations from 19 Independent Human Rights Experts and Bodies; Commission on Inquiry on Syria also to Present Latest Report The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-first regular session from 10 to 28 September 2012 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the…

Wafaa Bassim, the new Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Bassim had been serving as Deputy Foreign…