Ms. Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons and representatives for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, UNAIDS, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Population Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the International Telecommunication Union.Secretary-General / World Summit on Food Security Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Environmental Programme, the Economic Commission for Europe, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the United Nations Population Fund, the GAVI…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the UN Refugee Agency, Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Washington, DC,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the Mont Blanc Meetings, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Devleopment, the International Strategy of Disaster Reduction, the United Nations Environmental Programme and the World Trade Organization.Afghanistan Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the United…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Office, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Secretary-General made a previously unannounced visit to Kabul yesterday, following the attack on a Kabul guesthouse last week in which five UN staff members were killed and others were…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge 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 GAVI Alliance, the UN Refugee Agency, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Trade Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environmental Programme and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General’s Statements Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge 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 Economic Commission for Europe, and the World Meteorological Organization.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Seattle yesterday, where he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws and delivered a lecture on the renewed multilateralism that the world was…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge 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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization and the World Meteorological Organization. UN Strategy on Sexual Exploitation…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Office, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration. Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier welcomed students and professors from the Protestant Journalism School of Berlin, Germany, who were following…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives from UNICEF, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UNAIDS and the International Organization for Migration.Human Rights Council Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Human Rights Council had yesterday afternoon opened its twelfth Special Session on the…