12 years ago
STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT CEREMONY MARKING THE FIRST WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY
19 August 2009
Press Conferences
Following is the statement delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a ceremony today at the Parc des Bastions in Geneva to celebrate the first World Humanitarian Day. In the statement, Mr. Ordzonikidze reads out the message by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for this Day:
"It is a pleasure, on behalf of the United Nations family, to welcome you to the first World Humanitarian Day, which we are celebrating here in Geneva – the world’s capital of humanitarian action – and worldwide.…
12 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
18 August 2009
Bi-Weekly Briefing
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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General’s Statements
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had yesterday condemned in the strongest possible terms a…
12 years ago
PRESIDENT OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT SAYS CONSENSUS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMME OF WORK NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE
17 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The President of the Conference on Disarmament today informed the Conference that consensus on implementation of the programme of work of the Conference was not possible at this stage. China and Iran thanked the President for her efforts and transparent consultations to promote agreement on the programme of work and pledged to continue to support efforts to reach consensus.
Ambassador Caroline Millar of Australia, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said that since CD/1864 had been adopted on 29 May, successive…
12 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF JORDAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
17 August 2009
Presentation of Credentials
Shehab Madi, the new Permanent Representative of Jordan 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, Mr. Madi had been serving as Jordan’s Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation since 2008. He was Jordan’s Ambassador to Austria, and concurrently non-resident Ambassador to Hungary, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic from 2004 to 2008. In 2004, he…
12 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KAZAKHSTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
17 August 2009
Presentation of Credentials
Mukhtar Tileuberdi, the new Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan 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, Mr. Tileuberdi had been serving as Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and as Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, since July 2008. From 2004 to 2008, he was Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Malaysia, and from 2005…
12 years ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 August 2009
Bi-Weekly Briefing
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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization and the World Food Programme. Spokespersons for the World Health Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency were also available to answer questions, but had no announcements to make.Secretary-General’s Statements
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon…
12 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ESTONIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
14 August 2009
Presentation of Credentials
Jüri Seilenthal, the new Permanent Representative of Estonia 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, since August 2006, Mr. Seilenthal had been serving as the Chef de Cabinet of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Prior to that, he was posted as Ambassador to Italy, from 2002 to 2006, serving simultaneously as Ambassador to Malta, from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Seilenthal served as Ambassador to…
12 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF CHILE
14 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined fifteenth to eighteenth periodic report of Chile on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Paula Quintana, Minister of Planning of Chile, said that starting in 1990, Chile had begun a process of rebuilding the democratic system on the basis of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, highlighting their indivisibility, universality and interdependence. Since…
12 years ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MEXICO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
14 August 2009
Presentation of Credentials
Juan Jose Ignacio Gomez Camacho, the new Permanent Representative of Mexico 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. Gomez Camacho had been serving as Ambassador of Mexico to the Republic of Singapore, and concurrently the Union of Myanmar and the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam since 2006.
Mr. Gomez Camacho has held various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was appointed…
12 years ago
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF COLOMBIA
13 August 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered the combined tenth to fourteenth periodic report of Colombia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Presenting the report, Rosa Garcia, Director of the Department of Communities of Afro-Descent at the Ministry of Interior and Justice, said that Colombia’s society was one of the most diverse in South America; it even included Romas and gypsies. Some 3.4 per cent of the population was made up of…
