Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Durban Review Conference, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the International...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Meteorological Organization. Secretary-General’s Activities and Statements The Security Council held a formal meeting yesterday and adopted a draft Presidential Statement on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in which it condemned the recent launch by the Democratic...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms...

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 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 United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development. Secretary-General Welcomes Outcome of G20 Summit Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday issued a statement in London after wrapping up his...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier, providing information on the Secretary-General’s schedule, said that the Secretary-General would participate today in the opening of the...

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also 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 United Nations Refugee Agency the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the Kofi Annan Foundation. [The briefing was also attended by a group of students in journalism of the University of Neuchatel,...

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the World Economic Forum, the United Nations Conference on trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Secretary-General Activities Ms. Heuzé said that the Secretary-General had spoken at an informal meeting of the General Assembly yesterday, briefing them on his upcoming participation to...

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General Activities Ms. Heuzé said that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon would embark next week on a two week-long trip...

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Geneva Activities Ms. Heuzé said that this morning the...

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council Tenth Session Rolando Gomez of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said that the Council yesterday had held interactive discussions with the mandate holders on freedom of...