Corinne Momal-Vanian, 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 United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Health Organisation, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the transcript of the press conference the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, had given yesterday in New York has been sent out this morning.…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, 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 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Secretary-General Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the United Nations Secretary-General,…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, had appointed yesterday Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica, an international leader on strategies to address global climate change, as the new head of the United Nations Framework Convention on…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Environment Programme.Committee Against Torture Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the Committee Against Torture would hold this afternoon the closing meeting of its three-…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organisation, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Children's Fund.Secretary-General’s Travels Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, would be travelling to Ottawa, Canada on Wednesday, 12 May, to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the Governor General of Canada and…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Conference on Armed Violence Ms. Momal-Vanian said…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Labour Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organisation.Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference kicked off in New York yesterday. In his…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director 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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Environmental Programme.Geneva Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee against Torture yesterday opened its forty-fourth session at the Palais Wilson…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian began by announcing a series of…