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 of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union, 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 addressed by Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the World Economic Forum.Secretary-General’s Statement on Elections in Nepal Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday, in a video message on the run-up to the Constituent Assembly election in Nepal,…

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 the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Secretary-General in BucharestMs. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the high-level meeting on Afghanistan in Bucharest yesterday, pledging the United Nations' commitment to…

HIGHLIGHTS OF REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration.Bangkok Climate Change Conference Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that delegates from 163 countries were…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Trade Organization.Human Rights Council Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the 7th session of…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier drew attention to a statement of the Secretary-General in which he congratulated the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Demetris Christofias, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr.…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the International Organization for Migration.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier drew attention to a statement of the Secretary-General in which he deplored the violent attacks against UNMIK Police…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Trade Organization.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé recalled that the Secretary-General was in Dakar, Senegal, where he was attending a summit meeting of…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the International Organization for Migration.Statements of the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé informed journalists that the Conference on Disarmament was meeting this morning with one speaker on the agenda, the Ambassador of Myanmar. The Ambassador’s…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organization.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was…