5 years 11 months ago
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA MICHAEL MOLLER EXPRESSES DEEP APPRECIATION TO SWITZERLAND FOR ITS SUPPORT OF THE RENOVATION OF THE PALAIS DES NATIONS
14 September 2015
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Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today expressed his deep appreciation to the Government of Switzerland for its continuing and indispensable support to the renovation of the historic Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The Swiss Federal Council decided on Friday that Switzerland (Confederation and the Canton and the City of Geneva), as host State, will extend an interest-free loan of 400 million Swiss francs for the renovation of…
5 years 11 months ago
Transcript of a press conference by Peter Sutherland, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Migration and Development
08 September 2015
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Peter Sutherland, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Migration and Development (SRSG): I hope we can have a dialogue regarding some of the issues that must be concerning you, in regard to Geneva, Geneva’s response, the United Nations’ response and the appalling catastrophic situation which we are now challenged by.
I want to start by making a fundamental point which I think has been overlooked in quite a lot of this crisis. The obligation and responsibility to refugees and persons in…
6 years ago
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY BERNARDINO LEON, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR LIBYA AND HEAD OF THE UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT MISSION IN LIBYA (UNSMIL)
11 August 2015
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(Near verbatim transcript)
SRSG: Thank you very much. Good afternoon to all of you. It’s a pleasure to see you again after a few months of this nomadic process. As you know we have been travelling to different places with different tracks, and it’s really a pleasure to be back to Geneva.
As you know, the process has been divided into different tracks. We had what we called the Skhirat group with MPs, with representatives from the civil society. We had meetings in…
6 years 3 months ago
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REMARKS TO THE PRESS AT THE WORLD EDUCATION FORUM (Incheon, 19 May 2015) - As Delivered
19 May 2015
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Thank you very much.I am delighted to be here with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova. She has brought her great vision for education to the agency’s critical work around the world. I thank His Excellency Deputy Prime Minister Hwang Woo Yea and the Korean Government for their hospitality in hosting this important conference. This is especially meaningful for me. I am a proud Korean – and a global citizen. The engine that drives progress in Korea is education. And I count on Korea to help the United Nations rev up this…
6 years 3 months ago
UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SYRIA: OPENING STATEMENT AT PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE GENEVA CONSULTATIONS ON SYRIA
05 May 2015
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(Near verbatim transcript)United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura (SES): I am pleased to address you today here in Geneva. As you know, it was announced after my briefing to the Security Council and upon instructions from the Secretary-General starting this week – today, we, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria – will be engaging in a series of consultations with a view to ‘operationalizing’ the Geneva Communique.
With the conflict now in its fifth year and three years since the adoption of the Geneva…
6 years 7 months ago
Transcript of press conference by the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria (SES) Staffan de Mistura (Geneva, 15 January 2015)
15 January 2015
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(Near verbatim transcript)SES: Good afternoon. The reason why I was planning to see you and be able to talk to you is also to ensure, first of all, it is the beginning of the year; second, there is a lot of things happening, other things may be happening; and three, to have a feeling of where we are ourselves at this moment.
So, but the real reason for this press encounter is actually something more profound than that. I would like to raise the attention of all of us on the fact that this is now the fourth…
6 years 7 months ago
Transcript of press conference by Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Bernardino Leon (Geneva, 14 January 2015)
14 January 2015
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(Near verbatim transcript)SRSG: Thank you very much. Good morning or good afternoon, really. It’s a pleasure to be back to Geneva again. We are starting a process, it’s going to be a long process, it’s going to be difficult, but I hope we will have many opportunities to meet and that this relation will be fruitful and satisfactory for everyone. Well you know we are starting these talks – the second round of talks organized by…
6 years 9 months ago
Transcript Press Stakeout UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, New York
30 October 2014
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Good afternoon, it’s true the discussion went on for a long time because the issue is certainly coming to the attention of the Security Council in view of the humanitarian situation and also the developments on the ground. That’s why we’ve been having a long consultation.
I did brief the Security Council about my regional tour which has taken more than 40 days all over the region and in Damascus and also about what we can do at this stage in terms of any type of activities.
I did indicate that I do not have at this stage and -it would be presumptuous…
6 years 10 months ago
Transcript of Press Conference by UN Special Envoy for Syria (SES) Staffan de Mistura
10 October 2014
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SES: Thank you. Good afternoon to everyone. Good to see you and my apologies for keeping you waiting a little bit today and previous days but I was looking for this opportunity to meet you. At the same time, I was thinking it was going to be a normal opportunity but what happens regarding Syria, nothing is normal and therefore first things first and that's why I am giving you just a short concept of what could be the mission which the Secretary-General has entrusted to me and then go straight to what is the current event which perhaps can put to a test…
6 years 11 months ago
UNOG AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SIGN AGREEMENT ON RENOVATION OF CONFERENCE ROOM XVII OF THE PALAIS DES NATIONS
26 August 2014
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Michael Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and Obaid Salem Saeed Al Zaabi, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today signed a memorandum of understanding according to which the United Arab Emirates will undertake the financing of the full refurbishment and renovation of Conference Room XVII of the Palais des Nations.
"I would like to highlight the importance for a Member State to step up as the United Arab Emirates did to pledge to…
