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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Economic Commission of Europe and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Geneva Activities Ms. Heuzé said the Conference on Disarmament yesterday held the first public...

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Economic Commission for Europe, the International Federation of the Red Cross and the International Organization for Migration. New Statements by the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé said there were a number of new comments and statements by UN Secretary-...

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization.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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Federation of the Red Cross.Situation in Myanmar Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday said he...

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization.Secretary-General’s Programme in London Ms. Heuzé said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today was chairing the Quartet meeting on the Middle East in London. The meeting had already started and was...

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 addressed by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has just finished the press conference he held in Bern. The Information Service will be preparing a transcript of the Secretary-General’s comments. This afternoon, from 4 p...

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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday continued his meetings with all the main...

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 addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Statements to UNCTAD XII Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Secretary-General has ended a three-day visit to Accra, Ghana, where he addressed the twelfth UN Conference on Trade and Development, warning about...

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 addressed by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Trade Organization.Geneva Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families is today holding a round table discussion to celebrate the fifth...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was addressed by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and Carlos Lopes, Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. The briefing was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme...