Marcello Beccari, the new Permanent Representative of San Marino to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Beccari had been serving as Head of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the reports of Sri Lanka, Burundi, Haiti, Malta, Montenegro and Israel The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and twelfth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Sri…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme and the United Nations Refugee Agency…

Yvette Morris, Chief of TV and Radio Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office…

Today, the United Nations Compensation Commission made available $1.06 billion to the Government of the State of Kuwait towards the Commission’s remaining claim with an outstanding award balance. The United Nations Compensation Commission was established in 1991 in accordance with Security Council…

The twentieth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 27 October to 7 November during which 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism. The group of States to be reviewed by the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour…

Zsuzsanna Horvath, the new Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Horvath had been serving with the…

Yvette Morris, Chief of the TV and Radio Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency; the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the…