Md Janin Erih, the new Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam 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. Erih had been serving as…

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 International Organization for…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the reports of the Republic of Korea under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Optional Protocol on children in armed conflict. Doo-…

High Commissioner Says Individual Countries Cannot Confront the Scale of the Crisis Alone The Human Rights Council this morning opened its Special Session on the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food…

Council Concludes Seventh Special Session The seventh Special Session of the Human Rights Council concluded today after adopting a resolution in which the Council expressed grave concern at the worsening world food crisis, which seriously undermined the realization of the right to food for all,…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the reports of the United States under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Optional Protocol on children in armed conflict. Warren…

The Human Rights Council held its seventh Special Session today and adopted a resolution on the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening world food crisis, caused inter alia by the soaring food prices. In the resolution, which was adopted by consensus, the Council…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the consolidated second and third periodic report of Bulgaria on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Andrey Tehov, Director of the Human Rights and International Humanitarian…

Anatole Fabien Nkou, the new Permanent Representative of Cameroon 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. Nkou had been serving from 1997 to…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements by Germany, Brazil, and Canada, speaking in favour of the adoption a draft decision (CD/1840) presented by the six Presidents of the 2008 session at the 18 March plenary, and aimed at starting substantive work in the Conference. Germany…