Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Trip to Europe and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard from Spokespersons from and Representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Report of the High-level Panel on System-wide Coherence Ms.…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the Information Service of the United Nations Office at 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 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development and the International Organization for Migration.CCW…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the Information Service of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Activities Ms. Heuzé said the Third Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which May Be…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Development Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé said that the Secretary-General had yesterday congratulated the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on their peaceful participation in the second round of the presidential election and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the Information Service of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Internet Governance Forum Ms. Heuzé said the first-ever meeting of the Internet Governance Forum will take place in Athens, Greece, from 30…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the UN Refugee Agency. Lebanon Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said available in the press room was the transcript of a briefing given yesterday at Headquarters by Maj.-Gen. Alain Pellegrini, the senior United Nations commander in Lebanon, who…

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 Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.New Statements by the Secretary-General 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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme and the UN Refugee Agency.Next Secretary-General of the United Nations Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that today at 3 p.m. New York time, 9 p.m. Geneva time, the General Assembly will consider the Security…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency.Next…