Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the upcoming World Summit at Headquarters in New York, Geneva activities, developments concerning polio, the Gaza withdrawal and other issues. Spokespersons and…

The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning took up the second and third periodic reports of Australia on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Presenting the reports, Mike Smith, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United…

Hears Statement by Chief of the Treaties and Commission Branch of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning opened its fortieth session by hearing an address by Maria Francisca Ize-Charrin, Chief of the Treaties and Commission…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the sixtieth session of the General Assembly, Geneva activities, Hurricane Katrina and other issues. Spokespersons for the International Federation of Red Cross and…

Sameh Hassan Shoukry, the new Permanent Representative of Egypt 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. Shoukry was Director of the Cabinet…

Juan Antonio Fernandez Palacios, the new Permanent Representative of Cuba 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. Fernandez Palacios had been…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement from the Russian Federation on a meeting on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, as well as a statement from Iraq expressing thanks for the condolences received regarding the Tigris bridge tragedy. The acting President of the…

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 on new statements by the Secretary-General on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and on Nepal; Geneva…

Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros, the new Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Cuadros was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru,…

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 United Nations operations in Iraq following the Tigris bridge disaster, preparations made by the United Nations…