Rui Macieira, the new Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Macieira had been serving as Portugal’s…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International…

Representatives of 164 States parties, observer States and dozens of international and civil society organizations are gathering in Geneva between 26 and 30 November 2015 for the Seventeenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its ninety-seventh session during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Albania, Honduras, Iraq, Norway, Qatar, and the Republic of Korea. The Committee heard an address by Adam Abdelmoula, Director of the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of Canada on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. Introducing the report, Laurie Wright, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister for Justice…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the seventh periodic report of the Netherlands on the efforts made by the State party to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture. In four introductory statements, dignitaries from Curaçao, Sint Maarten,…

Sumbue Antas, the new Permanent Representative of Vanuatu to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Antas served as Director, Department of External…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Oxana Domenti, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Domenti had been serving as an…