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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Algeria Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Kemal Derviº had been in Algeria yesterday, where he had met with families of the victims of Tuesday’s bomb attack on the UN...

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the Universal Postal Union, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Agenda Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that on his way to Bali, where he would arrive today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had stopped over in Thailand where he had met with Prime Minister Surayudh Chulanont...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the upcoming Climate Change Conference in Bali, the Human Rights Council's resumed sixth session, Human Rights Day celebrations, the agenda of the Director-General for next week, human rights, the ITU Global Forum on Effective Use of Telecommunications/ICT for Disaster Management, the situation in Bangladesh, and growing Iraqi returns. Spokespersons and representatives for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,...

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 and Representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Climate Change Conference in Bali Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations...

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 and Representatives of the United Nations System Staff College, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Organization, the International Labour Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Agenda Ms....

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, gave the floor at the beginning of the meeting to Michel Kazatchkine, the Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, who spoke about progress in the fight against malaria, and at the end of the meeting to the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, who spoke about his mission to Cuba. Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the...

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 and Representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Federation for Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Trade Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization.Secretary-General Briefs General Assembly Ms....

Marie Heuzé, the 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 Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Group of Earth Observers, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Office, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Deputy Secretary-General Visiting Geneva Ms. Heuzé said Asha-Rose Migiro, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, was visiting Geneva and...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General's activities, the human rights situations in Myanmar and Pakistan, the effects of Super Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, and the upcoming release of the World Human Development Report (2007/2008). It also gave updates on the plight of thousands displaced by fighting in Mogadishu, the situation of flood victims in Tabasco and Chiappas, and reported the outbreak of a mystery illness in Angola, among others. Spokespersons and representatives of...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard statements from spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International...