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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ETHIOPIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
12 April 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Zenebe Kebede Korcho, the new Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Korcho had been serving as Director General of the Directorate General for boundary and trans-boundary resources affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia since November 2018. He was Director General of the Directorate General for…
2 years 4 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
10 April 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Doreen Debrum, the new Permanent Representative of the Marshall Islands to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Debrum had been serving as Assistant Secretary to the Bureau of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Marshall Islands since October 2013. From October 2010 to May 2013, she was a Consultant for the…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
09 April 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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Labour Organization.Situation in LibyaAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read the following statement issued on 8 April by Stéphane Dujarric, the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:“The Secretary-General strongly…
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05 April 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 Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union.Libya
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, drew attention to a tweet by the Secretary-General that morning, in which he stated that he was…
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Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions
03 April 2019
Press Release
The 47th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place today.
In Working Group I, the Co-Chairs (UN Representative Cihan Sultanoğlu, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Rudolf Michalka and EU Special Representative Toivo Klaar) noted that the security situation on the ground had been challenged especially by the death of Georgian citizen Irakli Kvaratskhelia in the custody of Russian Federation Border Guards in the Gali district on 10 March 2019, as well as the temporary restrictions and closures of crossing points imposed in January…
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02 April 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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ibrahima-Socé Fall, for the World Health Organization, speaking by telephone from Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, said that, as of 1 April 2019, there were 1,089 cases of Ebola virus disease in the…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AFGHANISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
01 April 2019
Presentation of Credentials
Nasir Ahmad Andisha, the new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Andisha had been serving as Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan since September 2015. He served as the Ambassador of Afghanistan to Australia, and concurrently to New Zealand and Fiji, from August 2011 to August 2015. He was posted at the…
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29 March 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Development Programme.Gaza
Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), gave the following statement:
“Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the ‘Great March of Return’ demonstrations in the Gaza Strip. In this…
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26 March 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency.
Cyclone Idai Djamila Cabral, WHO Representative of Mozambique for the World Health Organization (…
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22 March 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.
Cyclone Idai
Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), made the following statement:
“In Mozambique, the official death toll has risen to at least 242 people, according to the Government, but…
