Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Human Rights Commission/Human Rights Council Mrs. Ponomareva-Piquier said Jan Eliasson, the President of the General Assembly, had…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which also heard from spokespersons of the International Labour Organization (ILO), World Health Organization (WHO), UN-Habitat, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General had chaired the first meeting of the Advisory Board of the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)…

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 the Spokespersons for the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Labour Office and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, the Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission for Europe, the International Labour Organization, and the International Organization for Migration. Also attending the briefing were organizers of this year's International Film Festival on Human Rights. Secretary-General’s Mediation…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Trade Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration.Human Rights Council Ms. Heuzé said journalists in Geneva had yesterday evening…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the International Organization for Migration.New Documents Ms. Heuzé said two new documents had been put in the press room. The first was the transcript of the press encounter held yesterday at Headquarters by the Secretary-General and General Assembly President Jan…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Trade Organization, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Office.Human Rights Council Ms. Heuzé said consultations were continuing in New…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the UN Refugee Agency and the World Food Programme.Secretary-General in Washington Mrs. Heuzé said Secretary-General Kofi Annan had visited Washington yesterday where he had a working lunch…

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 UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration. Olympic Games Mrs. Heuzé said the Secretary-General’s message calling for observance of the Olympic Truce during the XXth Olympic Winter Games in Turin was available in the press room, as was the solemn appeal made by the President…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Labour Office, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration. Activities of the Secretary-General Mrs. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Kofi Annan had yesterday received the…