On May 31, 2023, the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria in cooperation with the Permanent Representation of the State of Israel, and with the assistance of the UN Office in Geneva, initiated and co-organized an event at the Palais des Nations to mark the 80th anniversary of the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews from perishing in the Nazi death camps and to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust from territories of the former Yugoslavia and Greece that were governed by Bulgaria during World War II.

The Рermanent Рepresentative of Bulgaria at the UN Office in Geneva expressed to the Council of the IOM Bulgaria’s concern about the worsening global migration situation

The annual Bazaar of the United Nations Women Guild in Geneva was held at the Palais des Nations on 22 November 2022 with the purpose, as in previous years, to raise funds in support of micro-projects aimed at improving the situation of disadvantaged children and women around the world.

The Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP-14) took place from 5 to 13 November 2022 under the theme "Wetlands Action for People and Nature". COP14 was held in a hybrid manner – in Wuhan, China and in Geneva, Switzerland. Bulgaria participated in COP-14 with a three-member delegation from the Ministry of Environment and Water of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria in Geneva.

On November 1, 2022, on the occasion of Bulgaria’s National Awakening Day and to mark the 40th anniversary of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, with the cooperation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Parish “Nativity of the blessed Virgin” and Espace Madeleine in Geneva, organized a concert by the pianist Nadezhda Vlaeva.

Bulgarian delegation headed by the Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Yuri Sterk, took an active part in the discussions within the 73rd session of the UNHCR Executive Committee

Since 1999, July 19 has been celebrated as a professional Day of the Bulgarian Diplomatic Service. On this date 143 years ago, the first Bulgarian diplomatic representatives abroad were appointed by decree of Prince Alexander Battenberg. Dragan Tsankov, Evlogi Georgiev and Dimitar Kirovich were sent to represent our country in Constantinople, Bucharest and Belgrade.

In the framework of the exchange of views with the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Belarus on June 29 within the 50th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Bulgarian Permanent Representative in Geneva, Ambassador Yuri Sterk stated Bulgaria’s strong condemnation of the complicity of the Government of Belarus in Russia's military aggression against Ukraine and expressed concern over the impending further deterioration of the difficult human rights situation in Belarus. T