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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

19 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 21 March 2006 UN Geneva Press Briefing Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environment Program, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office for the…

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN AT PALAIS DES NATIONS IN GENEVA BY CHAIRMAN OF COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

19 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN AT PALAIS DES NATIONS IN GENEVA BY CHAIRMAN OF COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 20 March 2006 UN Geneva Press Briefing Following is the transcript of the press conference given today by Ambassador Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros of Peru, the Chairman of the sixty-second session of the Commission on Human Rights, which he gave after the Commission decided to suspend its work for a further week until Monday, 27 March at 3 p.m.Chairman: First of all, I…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

19 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 17 March 2006 UN Geneva Press Briefing Marie Heuzé, Spokesperson of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Organization for Migration. At the beginning of the briefing, Louise Arbour, the United Nations…

HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF TIMOR-LESTE AT PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 15 MARCH 2006

19 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF TIMOR-LESTE AT PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 15 MARCH 2006 15 March 2006 Press Conferences Xanana Gusmao, President of Timor-Leste, speaking at a press conference after the screening of a film about Timor-Leste’s independence struggle, building the new nation and the concept of forgiveness for the perpetrators of the atrocities of the past, said it was a great pleasure for him to come to Geneva as a representative of the East Timorese…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

19 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 14 March 2006 UN Geneva Press Briefing Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN…

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

19 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UGANDA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 13 March 2006 Presentation of Credentials Arsene M. Balihuta, the new Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzonikidze, the Director-General to the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Balihuta had been working since 1992 at the Faculty of Economics and Management at…

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

19 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NEW ZEALAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 13 March 2006 Presentation of Credentials Don MacKay, the new Permanent Representative of New Zealand 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. MacKay had been serving as Permanent Representative of New Zealand to United Nations…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG

19 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 13 March 2006 Presentation of Credentials Slobodan Vukčević, the new Permanent Representative of Serbia and Montenegro 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. Vukčević had been serving, since 2004, as Secretary-…

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

19 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GEORGIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG 13 March 2006 Presentation of Credentials Levan Mikeladze, the new Permanent Representative of Georgia 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. Mikeladze had been serving as Georgia’s Ambassador to the United States, Canada and…

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SIXTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

19 years 2 months ago Breadcrumb Home HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SIXTY-SECOND SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 13 March 2006 Press Conferences Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros, Chairman of the sixty-second session of the Commission on Human Rights, held a press briefing at noon today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the subject of the Commission’s decision this morning to suspend its work for a week pending consultations in the United Nations General Assembly on the…