Michael Gaffey, the new Permanent Representative of Ireland 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. Gaffey had been working at Irish Aid…

Pierre-Louis Lorenz, the new Permanent Representative of Luxembourg 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. Lorenz served as Ambassador of…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its thirteenth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it will examine the initial reports of Lithuania and Gabon on their implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Protection of All…

Geneva, 4 September 2017 (Issued as received) – The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed and continue to be committed in Burundi since April 2015, according to the Commission’s report published on…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Panama, Morocco, Montenegro, Latvia, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its eighteenth session, during which it reviewed the initial reports of Panama…

The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon heard presentations by military experts from the Republic of Korea, Japan and the United States on the dimensions of the threat that the nuclear and ballistic missile programmes of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea represented to…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International…

Conference Adopts Report of the Working Group on the Way Ahead A public plenary of the Conference on Disarmament this morning heard many States strongly condemn the latest ballistic missile launches conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The Conference also adopted the report of…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today adopted its General Comment N°5 on Article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on living independently and being included in the community. Article 19 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a brief public plenary to discuss its draft annual report to the General Assembly Ambassador Julio Herraiz of Spain, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said he was holding the plenary to give delegations the opportunity to comment on…