Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge 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 World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office of the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN…

Mikhail Khvostov, the new Permanent Representative of Belarus to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Khvostov had been serving as the…

Rodolfo Reyes Rodriguez, the new Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Reyes Rodriguez had been serving as…

Conference also Hears Statements from Bulgaria and France The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement by the Chairman Elect of the First Committee (disarmament and international security) of the General Assembly, Jose Luis Cancela, as well as statements by Bulgaria and France. Mr…

Michael Spindelegger, Austria’s Federal Minister for European and International Affairs, this morning told the Conference on Disarmament that Austria had assumed its Presidency of the Conference at an important point in time, as the Conference had finally adopted a programme of work this year after…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing. Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, made a special appearance during the briefing. Spokespersons for the World Meteorological…

Ambassador Christian Strohal of Austria, the President of the Conference on Disarmament, this morning told the Conference that consensus on the modalities of implementation of the programme of work still alluded the Conference, and that as they all agreed that the window of opportunity for this…

Gancho Ganev, the new Permanent Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ganev had been serving as Head of the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health…