Alberto Pedro D’Alotto, the new Permanent Representative of Argentina 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. D’Alotto had been serving as…

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 High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 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 Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Convention on International Trade in…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements by 13 States offering suggestions on how to end the impasse facing the Conference. Ambassador Luis Gallegos Chiriboga of Ecuador, the President of the Conference on Disarmament, said the Conference needed to have a transparent discussion…

Alexey Borodavkin, the new Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation 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. Borodavkin 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 Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for…

The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) today made available a total of $1,020,000,000 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…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the initial report of the Cook Islands on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Nandi Glassie, Minister of Health of the Cook Islands, said the Cook Islands were a small, developing Pacific…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child has reviewed the combined third and fourth periodic report of Thailand on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Santi Promphat, Minister of Social Development and Human Security of Thailand, told the Committee…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the reports of Thailand on how that country is implementing the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on the involvement of children in armed…