Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations…

States Parties to Promote Capacity-building in the Areas of Disease Surveillance, Detection, Diagnosis and Containment The Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) for 2009 will be held in the United Nations Office at Geneva from 7 to 11 December. Chaired by…

Iruthisham Adam, the new Permanent Representative of Maldives to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Adam had been serving at the Permanent…

Ugljesa Zvekic, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Serbia 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 to Geneva, Mr. Zvekic had been working…

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 and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Environmental Programme, the World Food Programme, the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Slovakia, El Salvador, Spain, Azerbaijan, Colombia and Republic of Moldova and Provisional Conclusions on Report of Yemen The Committee against Torture concluded its forty-third session today, issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on…

Adopts Conclusions on Reports of Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Poland, Madagascar and Republic of Korea The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concluded its forty-third session on 20 November after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of the…

The 2009 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW), chaired by Ambassador Babacar…