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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
29 August 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Sabina Stadler Repnik, the new Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Until her latest appointment, Ms. Stadler Repnik was Director-General for Multilateral Affairs, Development Cooperation and International Law at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia since April 2017. She served as acting Director-General since July 2016 and Deputy Political Director…
1 year 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ESTONIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
29 August 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Katrin Saarsalu-Layachi, the new Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Saarsalu-Layachi had been serving as Head of the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia from November 2009 to July 2019. She was Estonia’s Ambassador to Austria from October 2003 to October 2009, including serving as non-…
1 year 11 months ago
SECOND GENEVA DIALOGUE OF EAST ASIAN SCHOLARS WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO BE HELD IN GENEVA FROM 2 TO 4 SEPTEMBER 2019
29 August 2019
Press Release
The Second Geneva Dialogue of East Asian Scholars with Senior Officials of the United Nations and other International Organizations will take place from 2 to 4 September 2019.
Around 30 distinguished academics and practitioners from the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Mongolia will travel to Geneva to attend a series of high-level meetings with key international organizations in the city, including the United Nations Office at Geneva, the…
1 year 11 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
27 August 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokesperson for the World Health Organization.Measles and rubella elimination in Europe
Christian Lindmeier, for the World Health Organization (WHO), announced the press briefing on the measles and rubella elimination tomorrow, 28 August at 11 a.m. in Room III, with the participation of an expert from the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
The briefing – which was under the embargo - would mainly focus on the European figures and the conclusions of the annual…
1 year 11 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SOMALIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
26 August 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Ebyan Mahamed Salah, the new Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Salah had been serving as Somalia’s Ambassador to India since December 2007. She was a policy analyst and gender advisor to the Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia from 2004 to 2007, also serving as senior focal point for the…
1 year 11 months ago
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23 August 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization. Flooding in Sudan
Jens Laerke, for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), read out the following statement:
“Some 54 people have died as a consequence of heavy rains and flash floods that have hit Sudan since…
1 year 11 months ago
YOUNG SWISS CLIMATE CHAMPION RECEIVES A ‘GREEN TICKET’ TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST-EVER YOUTH CLIMATE SUMMIT
23 August 2019
Press Release
GENEVA, 23 August 2019 - Marie-Claire Graf, a young Swiss activist who has launched the Sustainability Week Switzerland, the largest student action movement for sustainable development in the country, will be one of the 100 young climate champions selected from around the world by the UN to participate in the Youth Climate Summit, at UN Headquarters in New York on 21 September.
Marie-Claire started the climate strikes (Fridays For Future) in Switzerland after attending the COP24 in Katowice last December and meeting another youth…
1 year 11 months ago
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20 August 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization.Libya
Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), thanked everyone for participating in the successful World Humanitarian Day event the previous day.
He then read the following statement:
“At least 90 civilians have been killed and more…
2 years ago
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16 August 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, World Health Organization, and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.Education of Rohingya childrenSimon Ingram, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), gave the following statement:“Next week marks a bleak milestone for around half a million Rohingya refugee…
2 years ago
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13 August 2019
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).UN Environment/CITES CoP18
Michael Williams said that CITES CoP18, the Conference of the Parties to the…
