Victor Dolidze, the new Permanent Representative of Georgia 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. Dolidze had been serving as State Minister of…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Guatemala, Marshall Islands, Palau, Panama, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Spain and Sri Lanka The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its seventy-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations…

Geneva, 1 February 2018 (Issued as received) - The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Vojislav Šuc (Slovenia), announced today the appointment of Mr. Doudou Diène (Senegal) to serve as a member and new chairperson of the Council-mandated Commission of Inquiry on Burundi. Mr. Diène,…

Calls Attention to Low Reporting and Urges States to Use Simplified Reporting Procedure The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon held its tenth informal meeting with States, during which it discussed, inter alia, the launch of the two joint General Comments with the Committee on…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning continued its discussions on possible ways of moving ahead toward a consensus agreement on a programme of work. The President of the Conference, Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha of Sri Lanka, thanked the delegations for the positive spirit with which they…

Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament urges Member States to Address Challenges of Rapid Development of Technology The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed possible ways of moving ahead toward agreement on a programme of work. Michael Møller, Director-General of the…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).SyriaResponding to questions…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered via video conference the combined third and fourth periodic report of the Marshall Islands under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing the report, Benjamin Graham, Chief Secretary and Chairman of the Human Rights Committee…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the…

In Vienna on 25 and 26 January 2018 I engaged in consultations in a special round 9 meeting with the delegations of the Government of Syria and the Syrian Negotiations Commission within the framework of the UN-facilitated political process on Syria. In accordance with the invitation, I focused on…