The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon adopted its annual report to the United Nations General Assembly and concluded its 2015 session. The report will be uploaded here. The 2015 session of the Conference on Disarmament opened on 20 January with a message by the Secretary-General of the…

Janis Karklins, the new Permanent Representative of Latvia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Karklins had been serving as Director of the NATO…

Adrian Cosmin Vierita, the new Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Vierita had been serving as Head of the…

Rosemary McCarney, the new Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. McCarney had been serving as President and Chief…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, TV and Radio at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations…

GENEVA (Issued as received) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will conduct its first visit to Italy from 16 to 22 September 2015 to assess the treatment and conditions of detention of migrants, as well as the safeguards for their protection against torture and ill-…

GENEVA (11 September 2015) - The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child expresses its deep concern at the current migration crisis in Europe, and underscores that the continued shocking images that ricochet around the world do not tell the full extent of the devastating, and at times…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families today concluded its twenty-third session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the situation in Cabo Verde (in the absence of a report and a delegation), Guinea, Seychelles…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its thirtieth regular session from 14 September to 2 October in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein will open…