Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, the Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the eighth to eleventh periodic reports of Guatemala on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report, Ricardo Cajas…

Tomas Husak, the new Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic 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. Husak had been serving as…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today discussed issues under its early warning and urgent action procedures and its follow-up procedure. Patricia Nozipho January-Bardill, Chairperson of the Committee's working group on early warning and urgent action procedures, said that…

The United Kingdom and France today called on the Conference on Disarmament to immediately start negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty. The United Kingdom said it fully supported the Conference on Disarmament and was committed to achieving substantive progress in the Conference in the…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the initial to sixth periodic reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Slobodan Nagradic, Assistant…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the second and third periodic reports of Lithuania on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Oskaras Jusys, Under-Secretary of the…

Libère Bararunyeretse, the new Permanent Observer of the International Organization of la Francophonie to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to…

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the twelfth to fifteenth periodic reports of Mexico on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Presenting the report was María del…