Margarida Rosa Da Silva Izata, the new Permanent Representative of Angola 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. Izata had been serving as…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General‘s visits to Europe Alessandra Vellucci, for the…

Omar Zniber, the new Permanent Representative of Morocco 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. Zniber had been serving as Morocco’s Ambassador to…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an informal meeting with representatives of non-governmental organizations with respect to Nepal, Mauritania and Sweden, whose reports on the implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Belarus on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Introducing the report, Yuri Ambrazevich,…

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

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth to ninth periodic report of Saudi Arabia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Nasser Al-…

55th meeting of the Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Russian version55th meeting of the Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism On 25 April 2018, the 55th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) chaired by the United Nations was…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second and twenty-third periodic report of Peru on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Miguel…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Senegal on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Permanent Representative of Senegal to the…