Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International…

Jillian Carol Dempster, the new Permanent Representative of New Zealand 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. Dempster had been serving…

Geneva, 1 May 2017 - UN Special Envoy de Mistura will be joining the high-level meeting on Syria in Astana on 3 and 4 May. In view of the urgency and importance of re-establishing a de-escalation of the situation in Syria and moving on confidence-building measures, he has agreed to attend the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning met with representatives of civil society organizations from Kenya to discuss the situation of racial discrimination in this country, which the Committee will review later this week. The Committee will also consider…

Farukh Amil, the new Permanent Representative of Pakistan 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. Amil had been serving as Pakistan’s…

Rajiv Kumar Chander, the new Permanent Representative of India 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. Chander had been serving as Consul…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for…

The Committee against Torture this morning engaged in a general discussion on a draft revised General Comment N°1 of 1997 on article 3 of the Convention, which was being considered in the context of article 22 on individual communications. Jens Modvig, Committee Chairperson, noted that, at…

This afternoon the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination held its fifth informal meeting with States parties. In her opening remarks, Anastasia Crickley, Committee Chairperson, noted a rise in racist speech across the world, as well as the progress made by State…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined seventh to eleventh report of Armenia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…