The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement from Syria on behalf of the Group of 21 in which it stated that pending the achievement of the complete elimination of nuclear weapons, there was an urgent needs to establish a legally binding instrument to assure non-nuclear-weapon…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fourteenth and fifteenth periodic reports of Belgium on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Bart…

Javier Garrigues Florez, the new Permanent Representative of Spain 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. Garrigues Florez had been serving…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.…

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 of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fourth to sixth periodic reports of the United States on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report,…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fourteenth and fifteenth periodic reports of Italy on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report,…

Xavier Espot Miro, the new Permanent Representative of Andorra to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Espot Miro has served as Ambassador of Andorra to France from 1994 to 1995…

Sun Suon, the new Permanent Representative of Cambodia 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, since 2003, Mr. Suon had been serving as Director…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined sixteenth and seventeenth periodic reports of Fiji on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Ross…