Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth to twenty-second periodic report of Finland on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined eighteenth to twentieth periodic report of Austria on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Introducing…

The Conference on Disarmament on 21 August held a thematic discussion on revitalizing the work of the Conference. Ambassador Hellmut Hoffmann of Germany, President of the Conference, said that this was the second time in this annual session that the item on “revitalization of the Conference” was on…

Eviatar Manor, the new Permanent Representative of Israel 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. Manor had been serving as Deputy Director-…

Carla Maria Rodriguez Mancia, the new Permanent Representative of Guatemala 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 to Geneva, Ms. Rodriguez Mancia had…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fifteenth and sixteenth periodic report of the Republic of Korea on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination…

Alessandra Vellucci, the Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Ebola in Democratic Republic of the Congo Glenn Thomas of the World Health…

Albert Camille Vital, the new Permanent Representative of Madagascar 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. Mr. Vital was Prime Minister of Madagascar from December 2009 to…

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