Following is a full transcript of the press conference given in Montreux by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the high-level segment of the Geneva Conference on Syria. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for your participation and covering this important meeting. We have just…

Ban Ki-moon Urges the Conference on Disarmament to Develop Treaty Frameworks and Proposals through Structured Discussions The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its 2014 session under the Presidency of Israel, hearing a statement from the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The…

Message of the United Nations Secretary-General Warns Central African Republic is in Freefall, and this Crisis of Epic Proportions Requires Immediate Action The Human Rights Council this morning opened a special session on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic. Today’s…

Marie-Therese Keita Bocoum of Côte d’Ivoire Named as Independent Expert The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic by appointing an Independent Expert on the situation and requesting the immediate…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic after adopting a resolution in which it strongly condemned the continued and widespread violations of human rights by all parties. Marie-Therese Keita Bocoum of…

Vojislav Suc, the new Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, 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. Suc had been Head of the Diplomatic…

Walid Mahmoud Abdelnasser, the new Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Office at Geneva, 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. Abdelnasser had been serving…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Labor Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2014 session on Tuesday, 21 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will address the plenary. The session…

GENEVA (14 January 2014) – Children whose rights have been violated will soon be able to complain to a key United Nations Committee after a new legal instrument on the rights of the child was ratified by the required 10 countries. Costa Rica became on 14 January* the 10th country to ratify the…