Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the International Labour Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme. Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, also addressed the briefing. A summary of her comments is available separately.Geneva Activities The…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Trade Organization and the World Food Programme.Climate Change Ms. Heuzé said available in the press room was the statement which the Secretary-General delivered yesterday to the 31st annual UN International School. As the theme this year was global warming, the Secretary-…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme and the UN Refugee Agency. Representatives from the International Organization for Migration and the FIFDH [Festival International…

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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Visits to Germany and Austria Ms. Heuzé said the Secretary-General was in Berlin on Wednesday, where he met with the other principal members of the Quartet for the Middle East. The Quartet statement, which the…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the Information Service of the United Nations 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 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Statement by the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had strongly condemned the brutal terrorist bombing of the Delhi-Lahore "Friendship Express", in which 67 people were killed and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the fight against terrorism, the situation in Sudan, violence in Guinea, flooding in Mozambique, the situation of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons, Geneva activities, human rights and other issues. Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World…

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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Appointments by the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé said that on Friday, 9 February 2007, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had named four new senior officials to his cabinet while retaining a dozen others. Mr. Ban had…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Statements and Appointment by the Secretary-GeneralMs. Heuzé said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the announcement, in Mecca, of an agreement on a…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Proposals on Peacekeeping Operations and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was addressed by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development and the International Organization for Migration. Report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Ms. Heuzé said the Secretary-General’s message to the Paris Conference for Global Ecological…