Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme. and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights attended the briefing.Secretary-General in Africa Ms. Heuzé said the Secretary-General was continuing with his tour in a number of African countries, speaking to the press and delivering…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Secretary-General’s First Foreign Visit Ms. Heuzé said Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is on his first foreign trip and is…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Office, the United Nations Environmental Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Geneva…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the Information Service of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Upcoming Trip to Europe and Africa Ms. Heuzé said the Secretary-General will be heading for Europe and Africa next week. His first stop will be Brussels where he will meet officials of the…

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) held a “Programme Kick-off” of its 2007 Consolidated Appeals (CAP) for humanitarian assistance in Geneva this afternoon. Present were Margareta Wahlstrom, Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator of OCHA, Kasidis Rochanakorn, Director of OCHA Geneva, and Toni Frisch, Assistant Director-General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Head of the Humanitarian Aid Department. Ms. Wahlstrom said some 170 organizations had participated in the 2007 CAP: international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the UN Refugee Agency.Secretary-General’s Trip to Washington Ms. Heuzé said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be going to Washington, D.C. today, where he will meet U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House. He is scheduled to…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Head 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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Telecommunications Union and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Press Conference Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday gave a press conference at Headquarters to report about his first 10 days in office. He noted that he had met with the staff of the Organization,…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Economic Commission for Europe and the UN Refugee Agency.New Appointments by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Ms. Heuzé said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Tanzanian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Asha-Rose Migiro as Deputy Secretary-General. Vijay Nambiar of India, a former Special Advisor to Kofi…

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.SudanMs. Heuzé said that Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the Secretary-General's envoy to Khartoum, had met yesterday with Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir to discuss the way forward on Darfur. He had delivered a letter…

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 Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency and International Organization for Migration.Sudan Ms. Heuzé said that the Secretary-General had decided to send Mr. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, a senior UN official, to Khartoum to…