Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Humanitarian Situation in the Sudan Ms. Heuzé said, on the humanitarian situation in the Sudan, that the United…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High-Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Geneva Activities Ms. Heuzé said that the Human Rights Council was currently holding its tenth session in Room XX, the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room. The…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Telecommunication Union and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that she wanted to welcome the new President and members of the Executive Committee of ACANU who were elected or re-elected yesterday. The Information Service…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization.Myanmar Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday convened and chaired the eighth meeting of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Trade Organization.Activities of the Secretary-…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Discussions on Georgia Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General had signed yesterday his senior managers’ compacts for 2009. Nineteen senior…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization and the UN Refugee Agency.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that in remarks to the opening of the fifth general meeting of the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Secretary-General had said that the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Trade Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency.Secretary-General in India Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General…