Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which included information on the World Summit in New York, Geneva meetings, the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, human rights and other issues. Spokespersons for the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the upcoming World Summit at Headquarters in New York, Geneva activities, developments concerning polio, the Gaza withdrawal and other issues. Spokespersons and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the sixtieth session of the General Assembly, Geneva activities, Hurricane Katrina and other issues. Spokespersons for the International Federation of Red Cross and…

Sameh Hassan Shoukry, the new Permanent Representative of Egypt 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. Shoukry was Director of the Cabinet…

Juan Antonio Fernandez Palacios, 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. Fernandez Palacios had been…

Following is the statement delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the opening of the exhibition of photographs entitled “We the peoples…families and development” today at the Palais Wilson: "C'est un…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on new statements by the Secretary-General on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and on Nepal; Geneva…

Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros, the new Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Cuadros was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru,…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about United Nations operations in Iraq following the Tigris bridge disaster, preparations made by the United Nations…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the draft outcome document for next month’s summit on United Nations reform and the implementation of the Millenium…