Masurai Masri, the new Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam 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. Masri had been serving as High…

Penda A. Naanda, the new Permanent Representative of Namibia 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 in Geneva, Mr. Naanda had been serving as the Director of…

Ambassador Heidi Hulan of Canada Briefs the Conference on the Report of the High-Level Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty Expert Preparatory Group The Conference on Disarmament this morning was briefed on the outcomes of the work of the United Nations High-Level Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme on behalf of the UN Team in Rukban, Syria, and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (both by phone), the United Nations Refugee…

Sadık Arslan, the new Permanent Representative of Turkey 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. Arslan had been serving as Chief Foreign Policy…

Conference on Disarmament Continues Discussion on the Draft Programme of Work Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, addressed the Conference on Disarmament this afternoon via a video link from New York. Following a brief…

China Briefs the Conference on the Eighth Formal P5 Conference in Beijing The Conference on Disarmament this morning continued discussions and deliberations on a draft programme of work that the President of the Conference presented on 29 January. China briefed the Conference on the meeting…

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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Bahrain, Belgium, Czech Republic, Guinea, Italy, Japan and Syria The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon concluded its eightieth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Bahrain,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Mine Action Service, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of…