Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. A spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration was also present.Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier announced that the Secretary-General’s report to the Security Council concerning the review of...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General had submitted a progress report to the Security Council on the implementation of resolution 1820, concerning sexual violence. In the report, the Secretary-General detailed how he had been using his own good offices to...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, had arrived in Beijing, China, where he would meet today with the President, the Premier and the Foreign Minister, among other senior Chinese officials. He would also speak at an event encouraging the use of energy-efficient...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General would be travelling this week to China and Mongolia. During his working visit to China, he would pursue his dialogue with the Chinese...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Trade Organization.Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the latest report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the UN Mission in Sudan came out yesterday. The Security Council was scheduled to take up the report in closed consultations today after its presentation by Alain Le...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that yesterday the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, had given an account to the UN Security Council of the visit he had undertaken to Myanmar, at the invitation of this country, on 3-4 July. In his...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, had told yesterday the G8 leaders...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer in Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the Global Health Workforce Alliance, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Organization for Migration and UNAIDS. Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General had left Geneva yesterday and was now in Ireland, for his first official...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of UNIS Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Population Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier announced that the Secretary-General would arrive in Geneva this weekend, where...

Outgoing UNIS Director, Marie Heuzé, Bids Journalists Farewell Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, and Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of UNIS Geneva, co-chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the World Meteorological Organization. Representatives of the...