Marie Heuzé, Director 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 and the International Organization for Migration. Christine Chanet, the Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee, and the Committee’s Rapporteur, Ivan Shearer, also attended the briefing to speak about the Committee’s session which concluded today.Geneva Activities Ms. Heuzé noted that today the Economic and Social Council would suspend its 2006 substantive session....

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).The situation in Lebanon Ms. Ponomareva-...

Marie Heuzé, Director 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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. Christine Chanet, the Chairperson of the Human Rights Committee, also briefed journalists. Middle East...

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 International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Geneva Activities Ms. Heuzé said there were three important meetings taking place in Geneva today. The Economic and Social...

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Situation in the Middle East Ms. Heuzé said that Secretary-General Kofi Annan had...

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé said that yesterday the Secretary-General had been in Germany and had expressed his appreciation for the support provided by the European Union-led peacekeeping force (EUFOR) to the United Nations Organization Mission in the...

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva activities Ms. Heuzé said that the Human Rights Council had held its first Special Session on the recent escalation of violence in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine, on 5 and 6 July. The Special Session had concluded Thursday morning with the adoption by a vote of 29 in favour and 11...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was 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 of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Economic Commission for Europe, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration.Human Rights Council – Special Session Ms. Heuzé announced that the special session of the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).Human Rights Council Ms. Heuzé said that the Human Rights Council had begun this last day of its inaugural session with a meeting at 9:00 a.m. Yesterday, two important texts had been adopted. The...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).Human Rights Council Ms. Heuzé drew attention to the Order of the Day of the Human Rights Council, which included consideration of and decisions on a number of important texts and declarations. With regard to the Draft...