President of Conference Presents Report for Second Part of Annual Session The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded its work for the second part of its 2007l session, hearing the President of the Conference, Ambassador Jurg Streuli of Switzerland, present the Presidential report on the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director 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 World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations…

The Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) of the States 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) concluded its session on 22 June 2007 in Geneva and…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium), concluded on 22 June its sixty-third session. Representatives of Kuwait, Bangladesh, India and Jordan addressed the fifteen-member Governing Council at its opening…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from the incoming President, Ambassador Jurg Streuli of Switzerland; Argentina on behalf of seven other countries in support of the proposal of the Six Presidents, and appealing for negotiations to start on a treaty prohibiting the…

The new Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Alejandro Artucio Rodriguez, today presented his credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Sergei Ordzhonikidze. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Artucio Rodriguez served as…

Hears from Chairperson of Meeting of Special Procedures, Announces Preparatory Committee for Durban Review Conference to be Postponed The Human Rights Council today held an organizational meeting during which it discussed its modalities of work, heard from the Chairperson of the meeting of…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Population Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, the United…

China, Pakistan, Iran, United Kingdom, Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, Ukraine and Japan Address Conference The President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Elisabet Borsiin Bonnier of Sweden, said today that some capitals needed more time to consider the draft Presidential…

Concludes Discussion on President’s Text on Institution Building in the Council The Human Rights Council this morning adopted by consensus three resolutions on follow-up to the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon, follow-up to Human Rights Council resolutions S-1/1 and S-3/1 on the…