Marie Heuzé, 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 Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children's Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Climate Change Ms. Heuzé said that available in the press room were…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Organization for Migration. It also heard a…

Marie Heuzé, the 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 UN Refugee Agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development.Secretary-General to Visit Geneva Ms. Heuzé said that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon would be visiting on Sunday, 31 August and Monday, 1 September. His detailed programme would be available…

Marie Heuzé, 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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, CARE International, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Strategy for Disaster Control, the International Telecommunication Union and the World Health…

Marie Heuzé, 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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the World Health Organization.19 August 2003 Ms. Heuzé said that five years ago on this day, 22 staff members died in the bombing of the United Nations Headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. A solemn ceremony to commemorate…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General was extremely concerned by the humanitarian impact…

Marie Heuzé, the 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 Refugee Agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the European Organization for Nuclear Research and the Universal Postal Union. Representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Health Organization were also present to respond to questions from journalists.…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Organization for Migration. Representatives from the World Meteorological Organization and the International Telecommunication Union were…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the Universal Postal Union, the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General would conclude his trip to Mexico today. He would be back in New York this…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Organization for Migration. Spokespersons from the World Health Organization and the UN Refugee Agency were also present, but had no announcements to make.Secretary-General’s Trip to Mexico Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the…