The Human Rights Committee has concluded its consideration of the initial report of Ethiopia on the measures undertaken by that country to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Fisseha Yimer, Special Advisor to the Deputy Prime…

Adopts Agenda and Programme of Work, Meets with Non-Governmental Organizations The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one-hundredth second session, adopting its agenda and programme of work and hearing an address by Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.…

Maung Wai, the new Permanent Representative of Myanmar 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. Wai had been serving as Director–General of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Health Organization, the UN Environment Programme, the World Trade Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the World…

Opening Remarks “Over the next three to four decades, humankind must manage a fundamental, global technological overhaul to end poverty and avert the catastrophic impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. The World Economic and Social Survey, produced by the Department of Economic…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Children's Fund, the International…

The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning in which the Democratic People's Republic of Korea assumed the presidency of the Conference and members bid farewell to the departing ambassadors from Canada and the United Kingdom. In his initial address to the Conference as…

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 International Organization for Migration, the Global Fund, the United Nations…

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 Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for…