The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to discuss the situation of the rights of women in Pakistan, Austria and Hungary. The reports of the three countries will be reviewed by the Committee this week, together…

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

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

Also Hears Statements by the Netherlands, China and the United Kingdom The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a public plenary it which it heard an address by the Director-General of the Disarmament, Non Proliferation and Science Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan,…

Carole Lanteri, the new Permanent Representative of Monaco to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment as Permanent Representative, Ms. Lanteri had been…

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 Human Rights Council, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports from Guyana, United States, Malta, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niue, Philippines and Slovakia The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its sixty-second session and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a public plenary during which the President spoke about his proposed draft programme of work and States outlined their national priorities and hopes to surmount the stalemate in the Conference on Disarmament during its 2013 session. Ambassador Andras…

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 Institute for Training and Research, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the High Commissioner for Refugees,…

Alexandros Alexandris, the new Permanent Representative of Greece 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. Alexandris had been serving as…