The Human Rights Committee has considered the second periodic report of Paraguay on how that State party is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Introducing the report, Mario Sandoval, Director-General of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of…

Jean Feyder, the new Permanent Representative of Luxembourg 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. Feyder served as Director for Cooperation…

The Human Rights Committee has considered the fifth periodic report of Canada on how that State party is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Introducing the report, Alan Kessel, Legal Advisor at the Department of Foreign Affairs of Canada, said…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General urging the implementation of measures on the reform of the United Nations; vacating 18 posts…

The Human Rights Committee, which reviews the implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its 153 States parties, this morning opened its eighty-fifth session, hearing an address by a Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

Andrej Logar, the new Permanent Representative of Slovenia 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. Logar had been serving as the Director-…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the current visit of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Europe, the vote on the Constitution in Iraq, the situation in…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General's European tour, new statements by the Secretary-General, on the situation in South Asia following the earthquake, the aftermath of Hurricane Stan…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General's visit to Switzerland; events related to the International Year of Microcredit, the…

Gyula Szelei Kiss, the new Permanent Representative of Hungary 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. Szelei Kiss had been serving as…