Thomas Hajnoczi, the new Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Hajnoczi was the Permanent…

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this morning opened its eighteenth session, during which it will review the reports of Azerbaijan, Bolivia and Colombia on how they are fulfilling their obligations under the International Convention…

Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes Elected as Chairperson The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning opened its ninth session, hearing a statement from Wan-Hea Lee, Head of the Groups in Focus Section of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, watching five new…

The humanitarian impact caused by Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) was one of the many issues discussed by a group of experts of the States parties to Amended Protocol II to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), which highlighted efforts to protect civilians from their use…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report submitted by France on how it implements the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances. A statement by Christiane Taubira, Minister of…

Report of Uruguay is the First Ever to be Considered by the Committee The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report submitted by Uruguay on how it implements the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from…

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

1. The Group of Governmental Experts on Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures in Outer Space Activities held its second session in Geneva from 1-5 April 2013. 2. Following on from the progress achieved at the first meeting of the Group on 23-27 July 2012 in New York, a draft working paper…

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this morning opened its fourth session, hearing statements by Gianni Magazzeni, Chief of the Americas and Europe and Central Asia Branch of the Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and…