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, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Japan today where he would meet with Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Foreign…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokesperson for and representatives of the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Committee Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the Human Rights Committee was wrapping up its session today by issuing its concluding observation on the four country reports it had examined at its current session: Estonia, Colombia, Israel and Cameroon. A roundup…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Secretary-General Ms. Momal-Vanian said that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday strongly condemned the murder of Michel Germaneau, a French national working on humanitarian projects in the Sahel region who was reportedly killed by Al-Qaida militants. Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the Spokesperson for the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children's Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the World Food Programme.Deputy Secretary-General Ms. Momal-Vanian said that United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro would travel to Kampala, Uganda, for the African Union Summit, to be held from 25 to 27 July. She would represent the Secretary-General at the Summit, which this…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Secretary-General Ms. Momal-Vanian said that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had left Geneva yesterday and was currently in Afghanistan were he…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization, the Global Fund, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Secretary-General Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, was in Madrid today to attend the first meeting of the Millennium Development Goals Advocacy Group. The Secretary-General would be in Geneva on Monday…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, 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 International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Madrid to attend the first meeting of the Millennium Development Goals Advocacy Group this Friday. Ahead of the MDG Summit that he will convene in September in…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, 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 UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration. Conference on Disarmament Ms. Momal-Vanian said the President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Luiz Filipe De…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Global Fund, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the International Organization for Migration and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Conference on Disarmament Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Conference on Disarmament was meeting this morning. The new representative of Colombia was scheduled to…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Gabon yesterday and would be returning to New York today. He will attend the Thirty-First Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the…