Incoming Belarusian President and Japan Also Make Statements Igor Petrishenko, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, addressed the Conference on Disarmament this morning, urging Conference Members to enhance the positive momentum in the Conference's activities, to manifest…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, 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 Environment Programme,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined initial to sixth periodic reports of Monaco on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Robert Fillon, Permanent Representative…

Peter Richard Woolcott, the new Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Woolcott had been…

Elects New Bureau; Adopts Agenda and Programme of Work The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its seventy-sixth session, hearing an address by and having a dialogue with Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High…

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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Strategy for…

South Africa, Bangladesh as President, Algeria, Belarus and Pakistan Address the Conference The Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, Sergei Ordzhonikidze, told the Conference this morning that he had to express on behalf of the Secretary-General great disappointment at the efforts…

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 World Health Organization, the World…

Syria Also Sets Out its Disarmament Priorities Vincenzo Scotti, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, addressed the Conference on Disarmament this afternoon, saying the priority this year would inevitably be the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. “Failure is…

Jerry Mathews Matjila, the new Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Matjila had been…