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 for the United Nations Environmental Programme, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the International Labour Organization. Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Children’s Fund were also present, but had no…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.Security Council Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that yesterday the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International Organization for Migration. A spokesperson from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was present but had no…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the International Organization for Migration. Representatives from the High Commissioner for Refugees and the ILO were present but had no announcements to make.Iraq Ms. Heuzé reminded journalists of the decision taken by the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.Climate Change and Strategy for Disaster Reduction, Floods in Asia Brigitte Leoni of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction said a press…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Tenth Anniversary of the Chemical Weapons Convention Ms. Heuzé said…

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 and Representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the High Commissioner for Refugees.Secretary-General Concludes Official Visit to Haiti Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has concluded an official two-day visit to Haiti during which he met in Port-au-Prince with President René Préval as well as with the President of the Senate and the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration. Ms. Heuzé said Spokespersons from the High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights were available in the room but had no specific news to share. Other Spokespersons had called her to say they would not be coming to the briefing as they had no news or developments to report, but that they were…