A Minister of State from the United Kingdom today addressed the Conference on Disarmament, underlining his country’s commitment to nuclear disarmament and stressing the importance of negotiations toward a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT). Kim Howells, Minister of State at the Foreign and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environment Program, the United Nations Economic Commission for…

Following is the transcript of the press conference given today by Ambassador Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros of Peru, the Chairman of the sixty-second session of the Commission on Human Rights, which he gave after the Commission decided to suspend its work for a further week until Monday, 27 March at 3 p…

Marie Heuzé, Spokesperson of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a number of statements on a non-paper submitted by the outgoing President, Ambassador Park In-kook of the Republic of Korea, which compiled proposals and observations made during the thematic debate on nuclear disarmament. Syria pointed out that the…

The Thirteenth Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the 1980 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 on Friday, 10 March…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World…

China and Russian Federation Welcome Publication of a Book by UNIDIR on Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space The President of the Conference on Disarmament this morning presented to Member States a non-paper compiling proposals and observations made during the thematic debate on nuclear…

Arsene M. Balihuta, the new Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzonikidze, the Director-General to the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Balihuta had been working since 1992…

Don MacKay, the new Permanent Representative of New Zealand 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. MacKay had been serving as Permanent…