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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

15 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 07 August 2009 UN Geneva Press Briefing Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge 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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organisation, UNAIDS, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United…

STATEMENT BY UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS TO OPENING SESSION OF 2009 GLOBAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE

15 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home STATEMENT BY UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS TO OPENING SESSION OF 2009 GLOBAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE 05 August 2009 Statements and Speeches Following is the statement by Kiyotaka Akasaka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, to the opening session of the 2009 Global Model United Nations Conference at the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations in Geneva today: “Welcome to the very first annual…

HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL MODEL UN

15 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL MODEL UN 05 August 2009 Press Conferences Kiyotaka Akasaka, UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, briefed the press this morning on the first-ever annual Global Model United Nations Conference; the first UN simulation organized by the UN itself. The conference is taking place in Geneva at the Palais des Nations, from 5 to 7 August 2009. Mr. Akasaka said that the UN Department of Public Information…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

15 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 04 August 2009 UN Geneva Press 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 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization.Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that Mr. Ban Ki-moon had noted with…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NEW ZEALAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

15 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NEW ZEALAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 31 July 2009 Presentation of Credentials Dell Higgie, the new Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, from 2003 to the present, Ms. Higgie had been serving as the Ambassador for Counter-…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

15 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 31 July 2009 UN Geneva Press Briefing Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. A…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BENIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

15 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BENIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 28 July 2009 Presentation of Credentials Seraphin Lissassi, the new Permanent Representative of Benin to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, from January 1983 to date, Mr. Lissassi held various posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BANGLADESH PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

15 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BANGLADESH PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 28 July 2009 Presentation of Credentials Abdul Hannan, the new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office at Geneva, including other offices in Geneva and Vienna, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, from October 2006 to July 2009, Mr. Hannan…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

15 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 28 July 2009 UN Geneva Press 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 Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General had…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

15 years 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 24 July 2009 UN Geneva Press 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 Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, had arrived in…