Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of United States Speaks, as do Germany, Chile, India, Netherlands, Russian Federation, India, Belarus and Iran The Conference on Disarmament on 25 June was addressed by the Foreign Minister of Iraq, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, and the…

The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions gave a press conference this afternoon at the end of the twenty-fourth round of the Discussions. PHILIPPE LEFORT, European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and for the crisis in Georgia, said that Geneva International…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Syria Elisabeth Byrs for the World Food Programme (WFP) said WFP monitoring…

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

Speakers Thank the Secretary-General of the Conference for his Recommendations The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a public plenary, the last under the Iranian Presidency. Ambassador Mohsen Naziri Asl of Iran, outgoing President of the Conference on Disarmament, said Iran’s main…

GENEVA (20 June, 2013) – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued its concluding observations on Armenia, Guinea-Bissau, Israel, Rwanda, Slovenia and Uzbekistan. The Committee examined these countries during its latest regular session from 27 May to 17 June. The…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the…

A formal handover event for signed political assurances, hosted by HRH Prince Turki bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, President of the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and organized by His Excellency Ambassador Abdulwahab Abdulsalam Attar, Permanent Mission of…

The Conference on Disarmament was addressed by the Foreign Secretary of India, Ranjan Mathai, at its public plenary meeting this morning, as well as Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Secretary-General of the Conference. During the meeting the President of the Conference referred to a “non-paper” draft…

Adopts Presidential Statement on the Situation of Human Rights of Muslims in Myanmar The Human Rights Council this morning adopted eight texts in which it extended the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, the Independent Expert on the situation of human…