Corinne Momal-Vanian, 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration. Ms. Momal-Vanian reminded journalists that as announced, an evacuation drill would be carried out by the Security Service at the Palais des Nations between today and Friday, 2 July. She wanted to stress that it would only…

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 UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, and the International Organization for Migration. At the end of the briefing, Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said in 2008 she had introduced journalists to the UN’s first four-legged staffer, York,…

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the Economic Commission for Europe. Statement by Middle East Quartet Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Middle East Quartet yesterday issued a statement on Israel’s actions…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Conference on Disarmament Ms. Momal-…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Environmental Programme, the International Labour Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Secretary-General Ms. Momal…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Labour Organization, the Global Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, 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 was heading to South Africa today to represent the United Nations at the official opening…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Labour Organization, the UNISDR, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and Public Relations Sections of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Trade Center, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children's Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Population Fund, the United…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the 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 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Director-General Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the…