Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that she had placed in 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 International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General and High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chaired the sixth meeting of…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organization.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that yesterday United Nations…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General on Myanmar Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that, following a closed meeting of the Group of Friends…

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Telecommunications Union and the World Trade Organization.Secretary-General Welcomes Conclusion of Signing Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said United…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Statement by the Secretary-General on Violence in Nigeria Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the International Telecommunications Union, the World Trade Organization, the International Organization…

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the world Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration. At the beginning of the briefing, Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier welcomed a group of…

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, and the International Organization for Migration.Activities of the Director-General of UNOG Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Director-General of the United…

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 Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.Secretary-General in Geneva Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived yesterday in Geneva…