Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Economic Commission for Europe and the International Organization for Migration. Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said that, as announced yesterday, the meeting of the Conference on Disarmament which was supposed to take place on Wednesday, 21 April at 3 p.m. had been cancelled because of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Organization for Migration. Statements by the Secretary-General Ms. Momal-Vanian drew attention to three new…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the World Meteorological Organization. Spokespersons for the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe were also present, but had no announcements to make.Secretary-General’s…

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 and representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade…

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 and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization and the World Health Organization.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier announced that the Secretary-General had arrived in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan,…

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 and representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Telecommunication Union.Earth Hour Ms. Momal-Vanian said that for the second consecutive year, the UN System would participate in Earth Hour, a global event that was initiated by the World Wildlife Fund. The event, which would take place tomorrow, Saturday, 27 March at 8:…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Economic Forum, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization. Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme 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 the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organisation and the International Organization for Migration.Conference on Disarmament Ms. Momal-Vanian said that next week…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…