Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), the International Organization for Migration (...

Marie Heuzé, the 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 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Telecommunication Union, and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva activities Ms. Heuzé said that so far there were 15 speakers on the agenda for today’s meeting of the Conference on Disarmament, which had begun at 10:00 a.m. The Conference would be holding...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Food Programme, and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General Starts Tour, Arrives in Vienna Ms. Heuzé...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.New Statements by the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé said there were a number of new...

Marie Heuzé, the 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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the International Telecommunications Union, UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,Geneva Activities Ms. Heuzé said the Committee against Torture this morning was...

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 the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Sudan Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Secretary-General had yesterday taken note...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also included Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Message Commemorating Victims of Chemical Warfare Ms. Heuzé said yesterday in The Hague, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons organized for the first time a ceremony in memory of the victims of chemical warfare. The Secretary-General’s message on this occasion...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Environmental Programme, the International Labour Office, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.New Statements by the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the Universal Postal Union and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General Appoints Board of Global Compact Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan had appointed a group of 20 business, labour and civil society...

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier reported that, in a press encounter following his monthly luncheon with Security Council members, the Secretary-General had discussed the situation in Darfur and Chad, among others. A transcript of the...