Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the situation in Myanmar, meetings this week of the Committee against Torture and of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Rift Valley fever in Sudan, the plight of displaced persons in North Kivu (DRC), the situation of the Chadian children stranded in Abeche, and a two-day UNRISD conference on the role of business in developing countries, among others. Spokespersons and representatives from the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard from Prince Mired Bin Raad Al-Hussein of Jordan on the upcoming Landmine Convention meeting, to be hosted by Jordan. The briefing also provided information about other disarmament activities taking place in Geneva, the situation in Pakistan, the illegal child rescue operation in Chad, flooding in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, and the plight of those displaced by continuing violence in the Somali Capital of Mogadishu, among others. Spokespersons and representatives of the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General in Turkey Ms. Heuzé said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Istanbul where he would be participating tomorrow in a ministerial conference…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard statements from spokespersons and representatives from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Economic Forum, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International Organization for Migration. Representatives from the Office of the High…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard statements from spokespersons and representatives from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization. Also present at the briefing were representatives from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Health Organization.…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard statements from spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International Committee of the Red Cross.Myanmar Agrees to Visit by UN Human Rights Expert Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier announced that the Government of Myanmar had agreed to the visit by the Special…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard statements from spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General on…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard statements from spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for…

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 International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Committee for the Red Cross and the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Telecommunication Union and the International Organization for Migration.New Statements by the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé said the Secretary-General has welcomed the Declaration on…