The Conference on Disarmament today heard the incoming President Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros of Peru and statements from Italy, Algeria, Israel, and the United States of America. Speakers welcomed the incoming President, and also addressed the issue of progress in the talks, as well as the yearly…

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 draft outcome document for next month’s summit on United Nations reform and the implementation of the Millenium…

The 2005 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats from 30 Member States of the United Nations. The programme will last for a period of almost ten weeks. Diplomats from the following 30…

Danzannorov Boldbaatar, the new Permanent Representative of Mongolia 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. Boldbaatar has been since 2002…

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 Annual Report of the Secretary-General, the upcoming visit to China of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

The Conference on Disarmament today heard a statement from Japan on the United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues, held last week in Japan, with the theme of The United Nations after Six Decades and Renewed Efforts for the Promotion of Disarmament, and a statement from France on its…

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 upcoming visit to Niger, the investigation of the death of Sudanese Vice-President John…

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports Presented by Venezuela, Georgia, Zambia, Barbados, Tanzania, Iceland, Turkmenistan and Nigeria The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its sixty-seventh session and issued its concluding observations on reports presented…

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 new statements by the Secretary-General on Western Sahara and the Middle East, a report of the Secretary-General on…

Condemns Assassination of Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka The Conference on Disarmament today heard a statement from Egypt on the prevention of an arms race in outer space and a farewell statement from Finland. The President of the Conference, Masood Khan, and other speakers also condemned the…