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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. At the beginning of the briefing, Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier introduced a new colleague, Jean Rodriguez, who had been named as Senior Public Information Officer at the Economic Commission for Europe.New Statements by the...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Meteorological Organization. The briefing followed a live transmission from Davos, Switzerland of a Press Conference on global development challenges by the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon and the...

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 High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Heuzé said a number of statements by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon were available in the press room, including a statement in which he strongly condemned hostilities between rebels and...

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 Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Organization for Migration.Situation in Gaza Ms. Heuzé said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has briefed the Security Council on his trip to the Middle...

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 Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the International Organization for Migration....

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing. John Ging, Director of Operations in Gaza for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, participated in the briefing from Gaza via conference call. Other Spokespersons who spoke represented the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the UN Children’s Fund, the GAVI Alliance, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission for...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing. John Ging, Director of Operations in Gaza for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, participated in the briefing from Gaza via conference call. Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization and the...

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 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Meteorological Organization.Humanitarian Situation in Gaza Ms. Heuzé began by drawing attention to the adoption by the Security...

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 Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the UN Refugee Agency, 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 Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme.Gaza Strip Ms. Heuzé said since 27 December, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had been intensifying his diplomatic activities in...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from 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. At the end of the briefing, Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier recalled that this was the last briefing of the year, and that the first briefing of 2009 would be chaired by UNIS Director, Marie Heuzé, on Tuesday, 6 January.Secretary-...