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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

16 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 13 February 2009 UN Geneva Press Briefing 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 International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

16 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 10 February 2009 UN Geneva Press Briefing 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 International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization and the UN Refugee Agency.Activities of the…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAYSIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

16 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALAYSIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 09 February 2009 Presentation of Credentials Othman Hashim, the new Permanent Representative of Malaysia 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. Hashim had been serving as Deputy Secretary General I at the Ministry of Foreign…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TIMOR-LESTE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

16 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TIMOR-LESTE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 09 February 2009 Presentation of Credentials Joaquim A.M.L. da Fonseca, the new Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste 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. da Fonseca had been serving as the Civil Society Adviser at the…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ROMANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

16 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ROMANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 09 February 2009 Presentation of Credentials Maria Ciobanu, the new Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Ciobanu had been serving as State Adviser on European Affairs at the Presidency of…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

16 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 06 February 2009 UN Geneva Press Briefing 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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development,…

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FORTY-THIRD SESSION

16 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES FORTY-THIRD SESSION 06 February 2009 Press Release Issues Statements on Gaza and International Financial Crisis; Adopts Conclusions on Reports of Dominica, Armenia, Haiti, Cameroon, Libya, Germany, Guatemala and Rwanda The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon concluded its forty-third session, adopting concluding…

BILINGUAL HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

16 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home BILINGUAL HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 06 February 2009 Press Conferences Geneva, 4 February 2009 - Alan Doss, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Head of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), spoke to journalists at the Palais des Nations after briefing donors about the latest…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

16 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 03 February 2009 UN Geneva Press Briefing 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 of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. At the…

UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR LAUNCHES HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN

16 years 3 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR LAUNCHES HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN 03 February 2009 Press Conferences John Holmes, the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, today launched the Humanitarian Action Plan to help vulnerable people in Afghanistan in 2009. Following the launch, he briefed journalists at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. He was accompanied by Nesar Popal, Advisor to the Presidency of…