Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the Office for the…

Many Delegations Condemn the 14 May Missile Launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened the second part of its 2017 session, hearing many speakers condemn the 14 May Missile Launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Ambassador…

Monique T.G. Van Daalen, the new Permanent Representative of the Netherlands 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. Van Daalen had…

Renate Winter Elected as New Chairperson of the Committee The Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its seventy-fifth session this morning, hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Committee swore…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Finland, Republic of Moldova, Armenia, Kenya, Cyprus and Bulgaria The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today closed its ninety-second session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on…

Zwelethu Mnisi, the new Permanent Representative of Swaziland 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. Mnisi served as the Permanent…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Afghanistan, Argentina, Bahrain, Lebanon, Pakistan and Republic of Korea The Committee against Torture today concluded its sixtieth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological…

The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed follow-up to concluding observations and recommendations, follow-up to individual communications, and reprisals. Presenting the report on follow-up to concluding observations under article 19 of the Convention, Abdelwahab Hani,…

Pedro Luis Pedroso Cuesta, the new Permanent Representative of Cuba 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. Pedroso Cuesta had been…