The Conference on Disarmament today held the first plenary of its 2006 session in which it adopted its agenda and approved the participation of 26 States as observers. Ambassador Zdzislaw Rapacki of Poland, President of the Conference, said every effort had to be made to break the stalemate within…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Saudi Arabia on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In opening remarks to the Committee, Prince Torki bin Mohammed bin Saud Al-Kabeer, Assistant Deputy…

Le Comité des droits de l'enfant a examiné, aujourd'hui, le deuxième rapport périodique de la Thaïlande sur les mesures prises par ce pays pour se conformer aux dispositions de la Convention relative aux droits de l'enfant. Présentant le rapport de son pays, M. Wattana Muangsook, Ministre du…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which included the participation of Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency,…

Dario Galassi, the new Permanent Representative of San Marino 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. Galassi had been serving as…

Valery Loshchinin, the new Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation 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. Loshchinin had been…

Venetia Sebudandi, the new Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Sebudandi had been serving at the…

Boometswe Mokgothu, the new Permanent Representative of Botswana 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. Mokgothu held the post of Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Affairs…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Azerbaijan on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In opening remarks to the Committee, Khalaf Khalafov, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan…