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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ICELAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
05 September 2012
Presentation of Credentials
Martin Eyjólfsson, the new Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva Mr. Eyjólfsson held the position of Director General of External Trade and Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iceland. In 2007 he was made Director of European Affairs, also at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before which he served as the Deputy Director of the…
8 years 11 months ago
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS TWENTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION FROM 10 TO 28 SEPTEMBER
04 September 2012
Press Release
Council to Hear Presentations from 19 Independent Human Rights Experts and Bodies; Commission on Inquiry on Syria also to Present Latest Report
The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-first regular session from 10 to 28 September 2012 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during which it will hear presentations from 19 independent human rights experts and bodies and hold panels and discussions on gender integration, economic, social and cultural rights and the empowerment of women; cooperation with United Nations mechanisms and issues of intimidation or…
8 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
04 September 2012
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Environmental Programme, and the International Labour Organization.Geneva Activities
Ms. Momal-Vanian reminded journalists that Thursday, 6 September was a day off at the Palais des Nations…
8 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT
04 September 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today continued consideration of its draft annual report which will be presented to the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly when it opens on 18 September 2012 in New York.
The President of the Conference, Ambassador Hellmut Hoffmann of Germany, said today would be a brief formal plenary after which Member States would meet in informal plenary to discuss proposed amendments to the draft annual report. There were major areas in the draft report that required collective effort, including how to reflect the messages to the…
8 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF EGYPT PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
04 September 2012
Presentation of Credentials
Wafaa Bassim, the new Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Bassim had been serving as Deputy Foreign Minister for Cabinet Affairs since 2005. She served as Ambassador to Romania from 2001 to 2005. Ms. Bassim was a member of Egypt’s Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva and a negotiator of the International Treaty on Chemical Weapons from…
8 years 11 months ago
ILO Press Conference
04 September 2012
Press Conference Announcement
Launch of the study: "Global Employment Outlook: Bleak Labour Market Prospects for Youth" (Under embargo until Tuesday, 4 September at 14:00 GMT) Ekkehard Ernst, Head of the ILO Global Employment Trends Unit
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ILO Press Conference
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8 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LUXEMBOURG PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
04 September 2012
Presentation of Credentials
Jean-Marc Hoscheit, the new Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Hoscheit was Ambassador of Luxembourg to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons since 2008. Concurrently, since 2010, he was accredited as Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the African…
8 years 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF HONDURAS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
03 September 2012
Presentation of Credentials
Efrain Diaz Arrivillaga, the new Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Diaz Arrivillaga had been serving as Ambassador of Honduras to Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland and Turkey since 2010. He followed a political career in the 1980s and 1990s, chairing a political party, serving as a deputy to the Honduran National Congress (1982 to…
8 years 11 months ago
Green Cross International Photo Exhibit
01 September 2012
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Speech
1 septembre 2012Green Cross International Photo Exhibit
Message by Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
United Nations Under-Secretary-General
Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Launch of Green Cross International photo exhibit:
‘Give Humanity a Chance, Give the Earth a Future’
Saturday, 1 September, 2012, 09:45
Kempinski Hotel
Delivered on the Director-General’s behalf by the Director of the Library
of the United Nations Office at Geneva,
Mr. David A. Chikvaidze
President Gorbachev
Mr. Mayor
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a pleasure to be here with you on behalf…
8 years 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
31 August 2012
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director 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 Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Economic Commission for Europe, the International Labour Organization, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Universal Postal Union.Geneva Activities
Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was today concluding its eighty-first…
