Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s…

The international community's efforts against the threat of weapons of mass destruction are receiving a boost with the inauguration today of the Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit, based in the Geneva Branch of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. The Sixth…

As decided by the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (December 2006) an Implementation Support Unit has been established to assist States Parties in their efforts to strengthen the implementation of the Convention and reduce the threat posed by biological weapons.…

Reinhard Schweppe, the new Permanent Representative of Germany 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. Schweppe had been serving, since March…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Costa Rica, New Zealand, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, and Republic of Korea The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its seventy-first session, issuing concluding observations and…

The Conference on Disarmament today heard statements by Canada, Argentina, China, Pakistan and New Zealand. Ambassador Jürg Streuli of Switzerland, the President of the Conference on Disarmament, opened the meeting with a few concluding observations, as this was the last meeting of the Conference…

Jean-Baptiste Mattéi, the new Permanent Representative of France 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. Mattéi had been serving as Director…

Experts to Discuss Ways and Means to Enhance National Implementation and Regional Cooperation The Meeting of Experts from States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will be held in Geneva from 20 to 24 August 2007. The Meeting of Experts is the first part of a four-year programme…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning adopted revised draft guidelines for the submission of specific reports presented by States parties under article 9 of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, as orally amended in…