The new Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, John Paton Quinn, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Quinn had been serving as Assistant…

The new Permanent Representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Peter Matt, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Matt had been…

The Human Rights Council this morning held a panel discussion on history teaching and memorialisation processes with a view to contributing to the sharing of good practices in this area. Baudelaire Ndong Ella, President of the Human Rights Council, said that the aim of the panel was to identify the…

The Conference on Disarmament today held a general discussion which included references to progress on its draft annual report and the agenda item on the prevention of an arms race in outer space. Ambassador Mazlan Muhammad of Malaysia, President of the Conference on Disarmament, spoke about the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health…

Hears from Commissioner for Human Rights in Mauritania, Concludes Dialogue on Human Rights of Older Persons and on Contemporary Forms of Slavery The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with Catarina de Albuquerque, Special Rapporteur on the human right to…

The new Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Foo Kok Jwee, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Foo had been serving as Director-General…

Council Holds General Debate on the Annual Report of the High Commissioner and Reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General The Human Rights Council this morning opened its twenty-seventh regular session, hearing an update from the new United Nations High Commissioner…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, and with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Urmila Bhoola. Ms. Kornfeld-Matte said that the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, Office for the Coordination of…