Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of United States Presents New National Space Policy of the United States to the Conference The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard an address by Nikolay Mladenov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, as Bulgaria took over the presidency of the…

Hears from Director of Human Rights Treaty Division of OHCHR; Adopts Agenda and Programme of Work The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its ninety-ninth session, adopting its agenda and programme of work and hearing an address by Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaty…

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 UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…

Director of the Department of International Organizations of the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil Speaks in Support of the Proposal The President of the Conference on Disarmament this morning tabled a proposal on the establishment of a programme of work for the 2010 Session of the…

Colombia, Turkey and China Also Take the Floor The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard from India on behalf of the Group of 21 on the prevention of an arms race in outer space and from Australia and Japan on the outcome of the final meeting of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Global Fund, the United Nations Economic Commission for…

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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a public plenary in which it heard from the Group of 21 on nuclear disarmament and negative security assurances and from the Informal Group of Observer States to the Conference on Disarmament on their relationship with the Conference. Also…

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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section 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 UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations…