9 years 1 month ago
DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG SAYS CONFRONTING THE CRISIS IN THE SAHEL IS A PRIORITY
02 July 2012
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Following are the opening remarks by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered on Friday, 29 June on the African Group Initiative – “Urgent Appeal for the Sahel”:
“First of all, let me thank you for inviting me to join this African Group-led “Urgent Appeal for the Sahel”. I am pleased to be here as the Secretary General’s Representative in Geneva and to speak on behalf of the United Nations entities associated with this event as well as on behalf of the…
9 years 1 month ago
Transcript of the press conference by Joint Special Envoy Annan - Meeting of Action Group on Syria - Geneva, 30 June 2012
30 June 2012
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Press conference by Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan
following the conclusion of the Action Group Meeting
JSE: Thank you very much. Good evening. I was going to say good afternoon but I realized we are at the beginning of the evening. It has been a long day for all of us and I want to thank you for your patience, and to say that it was also longer than I had expected, but was a productive day. And I suspect you all heard my concluding remarks in the Chamber, and the communiqué is out. So let’s go straight to your…
9 years 1 month ago
Transcript of the press conference by the Joint Special Envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, and Major-General Robert Mood, head of UNSMIS
22 June 2012
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Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen,
It has been a long time that I haven’t been back in this room but it is good to meet you here this afternoon. And I am happy to be able to join you this afternoon with General Mood whom you all know. I am pleased that he could join us. He is on his way back from New York to Syria.
As you would all remember, about a week ago, General Mood had to take a difficult decision when he decided temporarily to suspend the activities of the UN Mission in Syria due to the escalation of…
9 years 2 months ago
Transcript of the stakeout by Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Deputy Joint Special Envoy (DJSE) of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis
30 May 2012
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Apologies for keeping you waiting for so long but as you know, I was briefing the Security Council and it was a long discussion because it is an important topic and so here I am.
My briefing focused on the latest efforts of the Joint Special Envoy concerning the situation in Syria. And that included my own mission to the country in preparation of Mr. Annan’s visit. My mission was last week and as you are aware Mr. Annan concluded his visit to Damascus this morning.
During my own trip…
9 years 3 months ago
Transcript of the stakeout by the Joint Special Envoy (JSE) of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis
08 May 2012
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JSE: Good evening ladies and gentlemen,
I have just finished briefing the Security Council on the situation in Syria and I was able to tell them how proud I am of the colleagues on the ground – unarmed observers and civilian experts – who have shown incredible courage in the work they have been sent down to do. And I also expressed my appreciation for the Member States who have offered observers for the mission and also helped us airlift some of our equipment. And I think if you had an opportunity to listen –…
9 years 4 months ago
Transcript of Press Conference by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon at Palais des Nations in Geneva on 12 April 2012
12 April 2012
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The Secretary-General: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Bonjour mesdames et messieurs. It is a great pleasure to see you again. I do not get a chance to see you often enough, but I am very glad to see you again today on the occasion of my visit to Geneva to chair the CEB, which stands for UN Chief Executives Board Meeting. This is the twice-annual meeting among heads of United Nations specialized agencies, funds and programmes, and major department heads, to deliver and to act as one United Nations. This has been…
9 years 4 months ago
Highlights of the Press Briefing by Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesperson for United Nations and Arab League Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan
05 April 2012
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The following are highlights of today’s briefing by Ahmad Fawzi, the Spokesperson for United Nations and Arab League Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan, to the Geneva accredited media.Spokesperson Ahmad Fawzi: Good morning everyone. I just thought that I would come down and answer your questions because I was getting a lot of queries over the past few days that indicate that perhaps we in the Joint Special Envoy’s office are not communicating as often and as clearly as you would like, so I would like to settle…
9 years 4 months ago
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR WEST AFRICA, ON THE SITUATION IN MALI (in French)
30 March 2012
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GENèVE – 30 mars 2012 - Le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique de l'ouest, M. Saïd Djinnit, a évoqué ce matin la situation au Mali, au cours d'une conférence de presse donnée au Palais des Nations à Genève et animée par la Directrice du Service de l'information, Mme Corinne Momal-Vanian.
M. Djinnit a rappelé que le Bureau des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest (UNOWA) - qu'il dirige et qui est basé à Dakar – est le premier bureau des Nations…
9 years 5 months ago
Transcript of the stakeout by the United Nations and Arab League Joint Special Representative on Syria, Kofi Annan
16 March 2012
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Transcript of the stakeout by the Joint Special Envoy (SJE) of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisisGeneva, 16 March 2012Ladies and gentlemen,I just finished briefing the Security Council about my mission. I shared with them the consultations I held in the region and the calls I have been making around the world to ensure that there is strong support for the mission and we all agree on one mediation process. And I encouraged the Council to speak with one voice as we try to resolve the crisis…
9 years 6 months ago
DIRECTOR-GENERAL ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
14 February 2012
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of United Nations Office at Geneva, made the following statement today before the Conference on Disarmament in his role as Secretary-General of the Conference and Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General to the Conference:
“As the Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, I take this opportunity at the end of the successful Presidency of Ecuador to draw your attention to the persistent calls of the Secretary-General for serious decisions to be taken with regard to the future of the…
