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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

18 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 22 December 2006 UN Geneva Press Briefing Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

18 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 19 December 2006 UN Geneva Press Briefing Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

18 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 15 December 2006 UN Geneva Press Briefing Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Labour Office…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKEY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

18 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TURKEY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 14 December 2006 Presentation of Credentials Ahmet Üzümcü, the new Permanent Representative of Turkey 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, since 2004, Mr. Üzümcü had been serving as Deputy Undersecretary of State for Bilateral…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

18 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 14 December 2006 Presentation of Credentials Eduardo Ponce Vivanco, 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. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ponce Vivanco served as Ambassador to Brazil and as Ambassador to the United Kingdom…

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION

18 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION 13 December 2006 Press Release Adopts Consensus Decision to Dispatch High-Level Mission to Assess Human Rights Situation in Darfur The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its two-day fourth special session, adopting by consensus a decision to dispatch a high-level mission to assess the human rights situation in Darfur and the needs of Sudan in this regard…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

18 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 12 December 2006 UN Geneva Press Briefing Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE PRESENTSCREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

18 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE PRESENTSCREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 11 December 2006 Presentation of Credentials Guy-Alain Emmanuel Gauze, the new Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire 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, since 2002, Ambassador Gauze had been serving as Special Adviser on…

HIGHLIGHTS OF ARCHBISHOP TUTU PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING LACK OF ISRAELI COOPERATION FOR COUNCIL'S BEIT HANOUN FACT-FINDING MISSION

18 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home HIGHLIGHTS OF ARCHBISHOP TUTU PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING LACK OF ISRAELI COOPERATION FOR COUNCIL'S BEIT HANOUN FACT-FINDING MISSION 11 December 2006 UN Geneva Press Briefing This afternoon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in his capacity as Head of the Fact-Finding Mission to Beit Hanoun, held a press conference at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to announce that the investigative mission into the events in Beit Hanoun could not take place as scheduled owing to the lack of…

SIXTH REVIEW CONFERENCE ON BIOWEAPONS CONVENTION CONCLUDES SESSION NEGOTIATED FINAL DECLARATION PROVES MULTILATERALISM CAN WORK IN DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

18 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home SIXTH REVIEW CONFERENCE ON BIOWEAPONS CONVENTION CONCLUDES SESSION NEGOTIATED FINAL DECLARATION PROVES MULTILATERALISM CAN WORK IN DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS 08 December 2006 Press Release The Sixth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction has concluded its three-week…