9 years 8 months ago
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ANNOUNCING THE 2012 CONSOLIDATED APPEALS
14 December 2011
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Valerie Amos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, spoke to journalists at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 14 December after briefing Member States on the 2012 Consolidated Appeals. She said that tens of millions of people would need emergency aid to survive in 2012 and many were among the most vulnerable people in the world. The United Nations aimed to meet the needs of 51 million people across 16 countries: Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire,…
9 years 8 months ago
UNOG AND CERN SIGN FIRST-EVER COOPERATION AGREEMENT
23 November 2011
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and Prof. Rolf Heuer, Director-General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, today signed the first-ever cooperation agreement between the two organizations.
The agreement will allow for greater exchange of information and experience between the two organizations for the benefit of their Member States. Potential areas for intensified cooperation include promotion of models of peaceful cooperation through science, education and training, sharing of IT applications,…
9 years 10 months ago
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS ENCOUNTER BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE PRESIDENT OF SWITZERLAND IN BERN ON 17 OCTOBER
17 October 2011
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Merci Madame la Présidente,
Bonjour Mesdames et Messieurs,
Je suis très heureux d’être parmi vous ce matin.
It is a pleasure to be in Switzerland at this time.
I have had very good talks with President Calmy-Rey, members of the Swiss Government and other senior officials.
And thank you for your very kind hospitality and your leadership, not only as a President of Switzerland but also as a strong leader of the United Nations. Thank you very much.
We covered a wide range of issues this morning, including the dramatic…
9 years 11 months ago
Article on the 50th Anniversary of the death of Dag Hammarskjöld by Director-General Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
15 September 2011
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Article on the 50th Anniversary of the death of Dag Hammarskjöld by Director-General Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
50th Anniversary of the death of Dag HammarskjöldDag Hammarskjöld – a man of honour and dignity
Fifty years ago, on 18 September 1961, Dag Hammarskjöld died in a plane crash while on a peace mission in the Congo. As we mark this anniversary, we should take a moment to reflect on his extraordinary achievements, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the enduring legacy of his life as a visionary and principled…
9 years 11 months ago
Article on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 by Director-General Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
09 September 2011
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Article on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 by Director-General Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
The treacherous terrorist act carried out by Al Qaeda 10 years ago changed the course of world history.
9/11 changed humankind and brought understanding of the vulnerability of the world to the scourge of terrorism. Almost no week goes by without an act of terrorism taking place somewhere in the world, indiscriminately affecting innocent people. In the 10 years since the September 11th attacks, we are sadly often reminded of this fact. This scourge has afflicted almost all…
10 years ago
HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL VALERIE AMOS ON MID-YEAR REVIEW OF 2011 HUMANITARIAN APPEALS
20 July 2011
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Valerie Amos, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed journalists this afternoon in Geneva following a mid-year review conference with Member States on the status of the 2011 consolidated humanitarian appeals. Ms. Amos was joined by Krysztof Stanowski, the Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland; Laurent Thomas, Assistant Director-General for Technical Cooperation, Food and Agriculture Organization; Amir Abdulla,…
10 years 1 month ago
SUMMARY OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY JOSEPH DEISS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HELD ON 4 JULY IN GENEVA (in English)
04 July 2011
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Le Président de l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies, M. Joseph Deiss, a donné aujourd'hui, à Genève, une conférence de presse à l'occasion de l'ouverture de la session de 2011 du Conseil économique et social (ECOSOC) de l'ONU.
Le Président de l'Assemblée générale a souligné que le débat de haut niveau du Conseil portait cette année sur le thème de l'éducation et a indiqué avoir mis l'accent, dans ses remarques en ouverture du débat de haut niveau ce matin, sur la nécessité pour l'ECOSOC de se concentrer…
10 years 1 month ago
SWEARING-IN OF UNITED NATIONS APPEALS TRIBUNAL JUDGE MARY FAHERTY
27 June 2011
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The Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, presided over a solemn ceremony held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on Monday, 27 June 2011 for the swearing-in of Judge Mary Faherty of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal (“Appeals Tribunal”).
Judge Faherty (Ireland) was elected on 28 January 2011 by the General Assembly to replace Judge Rose Boyko (Canada), who had resigned for personal reasons, as a judge of the Appeals Tribunal. She joins the other six judges of the Appeals Tribunal, Judge Jean Courtial, President (France),…
10 years 2 months ago
LITERARY EVENING IN HONOUR OF CZESLAW MILOSZ ATTENDED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL
16 June 2011
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The Director-General attended a literary evening held in honour of the poet and essayist Czeslaw Milosz who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. At the event, organized by the Permanent Missions of Lithuania, Poland and the United States of America, the Director-General highlighted the power and transformative nature of literature and the role of the United Nations in promoting literacy around the world.
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LITERARY EVENING IN HONOUR OF CZESLAW MILOSZ ATTENDED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL…
10 years 2 months ago
DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AFGHANISTAN
16 June 2011
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The Director-General met with Mr. Zalmai Aziz, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan and discussed the work of the United Nations in Afghanistan and the wider region.
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DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETS WITH PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AFGHANISTAN
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