Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Population Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children's Fund…

The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning in which 23 States made statements focusing on nuclear disarmament and the need for the Conference to adopt a programme of work and return to substantive work on the disarmament agenda. During the general statements, speakers…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the initial reports of Mexico on how that country is implementing the provisions of the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child…

Pierre Claver Ndayiragije, the new Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Ndayiragije had been serving as…

Vesna Vukovic, the new Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, presented her credentials today to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Vukovic had been serving as the Head of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund,…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today examined the fourth periodic report of Ukraine on how it is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Ukraine’s initial report on the implementation of the Optional Protocol on children in armed conflict. Introducing…

Today, the United Nations Compensation Commission made available a total of $680,000,000 to the Government of the State of Kuwait for distribution to nine successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 5 claims in category E (claims of corporations and public sector enterprises) and 4…

Also Hears Statements by Russian Federation, Hungary for the European Union, Belarus for the Eastern European Group, Algeria, Japan, New Zealand, Bangladesh and Australia The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard an address by Rose Gottemoeller, the United States Assistant Secretary of…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the seventh periodic report of Belarus on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Introducing the report, Marianna Shchotkina…