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Visit of the Ninth Summer Course Students from the International Institute of Humanitarian Law
10 July 2009
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
10 juillet 2009Visit of the Ninth Summer Course Students from the International Institute of Humanitarian Law
Welcome remarks by Mr. Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
9th Summer Course on International Humanitarian Law (IIHL)
Palais des Nations, Room XI
Friday, 10 July 2009, at 10:15 a.m.
Dear Participants:
Dear Friends:
It is indeed a pleasure to welcome you all to the Palais des Nations. I appreciate this opportunity to continue our…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
10 July 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 the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Secretary-General
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, had told yesterday the G8 leaders…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
07 July 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 the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the Global Health Workforce Alliance, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Organization for Migration and UNAIDS. Secretary-General
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General had left Geneva yesterday and was now in Ireland, for his first official…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
03 July 2009
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of UNIS Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Population Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General
Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier announced that the Secretary-General would arrive in Geneva this weekend, where…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES SECOND PART OF 2009 SESSION, DURING WHICH IT AGREED ON A PROGRAMME OF WORK
02 July 2009
Meeting Summaries
Members Continue Discussion on Appointment of Working Group Chairs and Special Coordinators, As Well As A Schedule of Activities
The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded the second part of its 2009 session, during which it was able to break its 12-year deadlock and adopt a programme of work. This morning the Conference heard from representatives of Germany, the United States, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea, Colombia, Ireland, Turkey, Iran, China, Egypt and Mexico, who continued to discuss two…
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Third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
01 July 2009
| Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Speech
1 juillet 2009Third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
Address by Mr. Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions
Palace of Peace and Accord, Astana, Kazakhstan
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, at 10:00 a.m.
Mr. President
Mr. Chairman of the Parliament
Distinguished religious leaders
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a distinct privilege for me to be with you for this Third Congress of Leaders of World and…
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HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THREE CO-CHAIRS OF GENEVA INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS
01 July 2009
Press Conferences
Pierre Morel, Special Representative of the European Union for the crisis in Georgia, Johan Verbeke, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Georgia, and Charalampos Christopoulos, Special Envoy of the Chairman-in-Office at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the three co-Chairs of the process known as the Geneva International Discussions, spoke to journalists after the conclusion of the sixth round of discussions, which were held today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Mr. Morel, reading out a joint statement by…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS BY CO-CHAIR OF INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT
30 June 2009
Meeting Summaries
This morning the Conference on Disarmament heard an address by Gareth Evans, Co-Chairman of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, an initiative of Australia and Japan. The Australian Ambassador, Caroline Millar, inaugurating the Australian Presidency of the Conference, which began this week, also spoke, along with representatives of Japan, Malaysia, China, the Philippines, Iran and Syria.
Mr. Evans said that the Commission wanted to re-energize a high-level political debate about…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 June 2009
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Outgoing UNIS Director, Marie Heuzé, Bids Journalists Farewell
Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, and Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of UNIS Geneva, co-chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the World Meteorological Organization. Representatives of…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONTINUES TO DISCUSS DRAFT DECISIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS PROGRAMME OF WORK
26 June 2009
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning continued to discuss two draft decisions proposed by the President yesterday on the appointment of chairs and special coordinators and on a schedule of activities for the Conference on Disarmament, the working groups and the special coordinators, up to the end of the 2009 session.
The Western Group, the Eastern European Group and Mexico expressed their readiness to support the proposed documents.
Several delegations said that it was hard for their capitals to understand what reasons were…
