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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

17 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 27 November 2007 UN Geneva Press Briefing Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, gave the floor at the beginning of the meeting to Michel Kazatchkine, the Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, who spoke about progress in the fight against malaria, and at the end of the meeting to the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, who spoke about his…

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

17 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NEPAL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 26 November 2007 Presentation of Credentials Dinesh Bhattarai, the new Permanent Representative of Nepal 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, in 2006, Mr. Bhattarai had served as Convener at the National Authority for Disarmament…

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

17 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SINGAPORE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 26 November 2007 Presentation of Credentials Tan York Chor, the new Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Tan served as Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative in the Singapore Permanent…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

17 years 5 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 23 November 2007 UN Geneva Press Briefing Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

17 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 20 November 2007 UN Geneva Press Briefing Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Group of Earth Observers, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Office, the…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

17 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 16 November 2007 UN Geneva Press Briefing Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General's activities, the human rights situations in Myanmar and Pakistan, the effects of Super Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, and the upcoming release of the World Human Development Report (2007/2008). It also gave updates on the plight of…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

17 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 13 November 2007 UN Geneva Press Briefing Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard statements from spokespersons and representatives from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour…

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

17 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BANGLADESH PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 09 November 2007 Presentation of Credentials Debapriya Bhattacharya, the new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Concurrently with his new post in Geneva, Mr. Bhattacharya has been accredited to the United Nations agencies in…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

17 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 09 November 2007 UN Geneva Press Briefing Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the situation in Myanmar, meetings this week of the Committee against Torture and of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Rift Valley fever in Sudan, the plight of displaced persons in…

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

17 years 6 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CYPRUS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 07 November 2007 Presentation of Credentials Andreas Hadjichrysanthou, the new Permanent Representative of Cyprus 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, Mr. Hadjichrysanthou had been serving as Deputy Permanent Representative of Cyprus…