Marie Heuzé, the 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 Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Human Rights Council Elections Ms. Heuzé said the General Assembly yesterday elected 14 countries to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council. Angola, Bolivia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Qatar, Slovenia, South…

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 the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Telecommunication Union, the Universal Postal Union, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Food Programme. Geneva Meetings Ms…

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 the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Trade Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Statements Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke yesterday at the beginning of the General Assembly’s…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Meetings Ms. Heuzé said the Committee against Torture was continuing its session at the Palais Wilson. Yesterday, the Committee concluded its review of the fourth periodic…

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 the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.International Compact with Iraq Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday co-chaired the launch…

Marie Heuzé, the 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Meteorological Organization. Also present were representatives of the UN Children's Fund, the World Health Organization, and the UN Population Fund.Iraq Ms. Heuzé said that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon would be in Egypt this week where he and the Prime Minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, would co-chair the launch of the International Compact with Iraq…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Sixtieth Anniversary of UNECE Ms. Heuzé said Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of…

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 Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Trade Centre and the International Organization for Migration.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 addressed by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the World Trade Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General in Switzerland Ms.…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the UN Refugee Agency, the Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Visit to Switzerland Ms. Heuzé said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be conducting an official visit to Switzerland from 19 to 22 April. On…