Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the Economic Commission for Europe, the Human Rights Council, the International Organization for Migration, the…

Issues Concluding Observations on Algeria, Australia, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Nepal and Viet Nam The Committee on the Rights of the Child today published its concluding observations and recommendations on 11 country reports from seven countries: six on the main Convention (Algeria, Australia,…

Shalva Tsiskarashvili, the new Permanent Representative of Georgia 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. Tsiskarashvili had been serving…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements by speakers offering suggestions on how to revitalize the Conference from its current deadlock. Ambassador Kari Kahiluoto of Finland, the President of the Conference on Disarmament, said the revitalization of the Conference had become an…

The 2012 Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East held two panel discussions to explore the impact of the Arab Spring on media coverage of the question of Palestine and to examine the role of women’s activism and the media in Israeli-Palestinian peace and the wider region on 12 June in the…

The 2012 Media Seminar on Peace this morning held two panel discussions in which it explored civil society in media and film in the Middle East, and youth activism in the Middle East: evolving attitudes towards and tools for social change and democracy. The first panel of the day on civil society…

The 2012 Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information in cooperation with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, closed in Geneva, Switzerland this afternoon. The general feeling of the Seminar was that the two-State…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Joint Special Envoy (JSE) of the UN and the League of Arab States for the Syrian Crisis, the UN Conference on Trade…

Council to Hear Report from Commission of Inquiry on Syria and Presentations from 18 Independent Human Rights Experts The Human Rights Council will hold its twentieth regular session from 18 June to 6 July 2012 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. A highlight of the session will be a…

The Conference on Disarmament today continued with its schedule of activities to discuss the core issues on its agenda and held a thematic discussion on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. Ambassador Kari…