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 and Representatives of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the UN Refugee Agency. Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was in Washington, D.C. yesterday, where he met with the Speaker of the U.S. House of…

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development. During the briefing, Ron Redmond of the UN Refugee Agency introduced a new colleague, Andrew Purvis, who would be the acting Head of the Media Unit at UNHCR. Secretary-General’s…

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 and Representatives of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Committee on the Red Cross.Secretary-General’s Agenda Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon yesterday attended the meeting of the Security Council on the…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the International Labour Organization, the…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization and the Inter-Parlimentary Union. The World Health Organization also briefed journalists about the latest developments concerning the Influenza A H1N1 epidemic.New Statements by the Secretary-…

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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Trade Organization. Security Council and Sudan/Western Sahara Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Security Council yesterday extended the mandate of the United Nations…

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 International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the World Meteorological Organization. At the end of the briefing, Gregory Hartl of the World Health Organization answered questions by journalists concerning the situation of swine flu. Sri Lanka Ms…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the press briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the Gavi Alliance, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Labour Office 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Labour Organization, the International Social Security Association, the United Nations Children’s Fund and…