Hears Statement by High Commissioner for Human Rights, Adopts Agenda and Programme of Work The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened its forty-eighth session at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, hearing an address from Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner…

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon held a discussion with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Slovakia, Peru and Ethiopia, whose reports will be considered during the…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) will hold its seventy-third session from 1 to 3 May 2012 under the Presidency of Ambassador Hanns Heinrich Schumacher (Permanent Representative of Germany). At the opening plenary, the Council will elect a new Vice-President…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations…

Issues Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Paraguay and Tajikistan The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on 27 April concluded its sixteenth session after issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on…

The United Nations Compensation Commission today made available a total of $1.02 billion to the Government of the State of Kuwait. Payment is being made in respect of the remaining six claims with outstanding balances, all awarded to Kuwait and approved by the Governing Council between 1999 and…

Yvette Stevens, the new Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone 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, Ms. Stevens had been serving as Chargée d’Affairs…

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

Ivan Piperkov, the new Permanent Representative of Bulgaria 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. Piperkov was Deputy Head of the United…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Spokesperson for the Joint…