The Conference on Disarmament today held a meeting to discuss a possible future treaty prohibiting fissile materials, as part of a series of meetings being held in response to the invitation last week by the President of the Conference, Ambassador Wegger Strommen of Norway, to hold four public…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fifty-sixth session from 28 to 30 June 2005 under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece). During the session, the Council will consider four reports and recommendations of panels of Commissioners…

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 the Middle East Quartet meeting in London; the General Assembly's first-ever interactive sessions with civil society…

Experts Exchange Ideas on the Content, Promulgation, and Adoption of Codes of Conduct for Scientists The third Meeting of Experts from States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their…

Twenty-eight members of the Conference on Disarmament today outlined their positions on the issue of nuclear disarmament in response to the invitation last week by the President of the Conference, Ambassador Wegger Strommen of Norway, to hold four public plenaries to discuss the four main issues…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the Secretary-General's European trip, the Secretary-General's statement on the elections in Lebanon, the United Nations' demining work in Iraq, upcoming press…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the Information Service at Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, during which she informed journalists about statements of the Secretary-General; the latest report of the Secretary-General on Liberia; activities in Geneva; and human rights. Also, participating in…

Ambassador Wegger Strommen of Norway, the new President of the Conference on Disarmament, said he intended to convene four formal plenary meetings during his four-week tenure to consider each of the four subject matters from the Conference on Disarmament's agenda identified in the "food for thought…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing. Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Office, the World Food Programme, the United…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the Millennium Development Goals Report 2005, Geneva activities, human rights and other issues. Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…