Meeting to Discuss the Responsibility of the International Community to Uphold International Humanitarian Law to Ensure Protection of Civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene a United Nations…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba on measures undertaken to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report on the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health…

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its consideration of the fourth periodic report of Tanzania on the measures undertaken by that country to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Presenting the report, Mathias Meinrad Chikawe, Minister…

The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its ninety-sixth session, adopting its agenda and programme of work and hearing an address by the Director of the Division of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Bodies at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Bacre Waly Ndiaye,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer in Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the Global Health Workforce Alliance, the Office of the High Commissioner…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of UNIS Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United…

Members Continue Discussion on Appointment of Working Group Chairs and Special Coordinators, As Well As A Schedule of Activities The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded the second part of its 2009 session, during which it was able to break its 12-year deadlock and adopt a programme…

Outgoing UNIS Director, Marie Heuzé, Bids Journalists Farewell Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, and Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of UNIS Geneva, co-chaired the briefing which was attended by…