Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization and the Economic Commission for Europe.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian reminded journalists…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, UNAIDS, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the United Nations Environmental Programme and the International Labour Organization. Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Conference on Disarmament would be holding its next plenary at 10…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service 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 Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Committee of the Red Cross.Pakistan Floods Ms. Momal-Vanian said the number of persons directly affected by the floods in Pakistan had now risen to 17.6…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Pakistan Ms. Momal-Vanian said the United Nations was expanding its relief operations in Pakistan as the area inundated by flood waters continued to increase and the number of people affected by the disaster climbed.…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the International Organization for Migration.Pakistan Ms. Momal-Vanian said the situation in Pakistan remained…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service at the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Pakistan Floods Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday…

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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the International Trade Centre.Decade for Deserts and Fight against Desertification Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the United Nations yesterday launched the Decade for Deserts and the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Environment Programme. At the beginning of the briefing, 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 World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Environmental Programme and the International Labour Organization.Secretary-General Launches High-Level Panel on Global…

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 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 Honours Victims of Hiroshima and NagasakiMs. Ponomareva-Piquier said that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, currently visiting Japan, had honoured yesterday the survivors of the Hiroshima and…