Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the World Food Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General in Spain Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that yesterday, in Seville, Spain, the Secretary-General accepted the first Seville Node between Cultures Award,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the Economic Commission for Europe and the World Trade Organization.Secretary-General in Spain Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Secretary-General had arrived yesterday in Madrid. He met with Spanish Prime Minister…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.Secretary-General…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Food Programme.Secretary-General’s Statement Concerning the Security Council’s Presidential Statement on Iran Ms. Heuzé said the Secretary-General had yesterday…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization. Commission on Human Rights Mrs. Heuzé said the Commission on Human Rights had officially concluded its sixty-second and last session yesterday afternoon. A number of Member States had proposed to…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, the International Labour Office, the World Trade Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General While travelling in Africa, the Secretary-General yesterday welcomed the permanent cease-fire declared by ETA. He urged that this…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environment Program, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Program, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.…

Following is the transcript of the press conference given today by Ambassador Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros of Peru, the Chairman of the sixty-second session of the Commission on Human Rights, which he gave after the Commission decided to suspend its work for a further week until Monday, 27 March at 3 p.m.Chairman: First of all, I would like to apologise for the delay, but I was involved in certain consultations subsequent to the re-opening of the session. As you know, the General Assembly of the United Nations has approved the resolution on the creation of the Human Rights Council. I think that…

Marie Heuzé, Spokesperson of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Organization for Migration. At the beginning of the briefing, Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, talked to journalists following the adoption of the resolution by the General Assembly establishing the Human Rights Council (see separate transcript).Attack on UNHCR in South…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General in South Africa Ms. Heuzé said the Secretary-General had arrived in South Africa, where he had met with President Thabo Mbeki.…