2 years 8 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 December 2018
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 of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the World Food Programme.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ravina Shamdasani, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), made the following statement:
“UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on…
2 years 8 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NICARAGUA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
13 December 2018
Presentation of Credentials
Carlos Ernesto Morales Dávila, the new Permanent Representative of Nicaragua 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, Mr. Morales Dávila had been serving as the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the United Nations Office at Geneva since November 2017. He was a specialist in international politics at the General Direction for…
2 years 8 months ago
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA
13 December 2018
Presentation of Credentials
Nermina Kapetanović, the new Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina 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. Kapetanović had been serving as a Member of Parliament Delegate in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2014. She was a Delegate in the House of Peoples of the…
2 years 8 months ago
Press communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions following the 46th round
12 December 2018
Press Release
The 46th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) took place today in a business-like and respectful atmosphere.
In Working Group I, the Co-Chairs and the participants assessed the overall security situation on the ground as relatively calm and stable. All participants highlighted the importance of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanisms (IPRMs) over the past years in addressing security-related issues. In this context, the Co-Chairs urged participants to resume the regular meetings of IPRMs, in Ergneti and Gali, without…
2 years 8 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
11 December 2018
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 Refugee Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Ms. Vellucci welcomed the journalism students from the University of Geneva who were attending the briefing as observers.
Yemen
Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, made the following statement on behalf of the Office of the…
2 years 8 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
07 December 2018
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 International Telecommunication Union, 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization.Yemen
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva (UNIS), said that, the…
2 years 8 months ago
Near verbatim transcript of the press stakeout of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara - Initial Roundtable Meeting on Western Sahara
06 December 2018
Press Conferences
Ladies, Gentlemen, thank you all for coming,
I am very pleased to be here, I will read a short statement and then I am happy to provide you with some of my impressions from our meetings held here in Geneva. I will not be taking any questions today.
The delegations have agreed on the following declaration [the Personal Envoy reads the communiqué in English – please find the full text in English, French and Arabic here below].
As you know, it has been six years since the…
2 years 8 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
04 December 2018
Bi-Weekly Briefing
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization.Roundtable Meeting on Western Sahara
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read the following statement:
“The Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara, former President Horst Köhler of Germany, has…
2 years 8 months ago
REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
30 November 2018
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 International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Travel of the Secretary-General
Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Secretary-General would be addressing the meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) in Argentina later on Friday. He would call on all the leaders present to ensure that all their citizens could enjoy the…
2 years 8 months ago
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
29 November 2018
Press Release
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was commemorated today at a Special Meeting held at the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the meeting and read out the message of António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, who said that the question of Palestine had become one of the most intractable challenges for the international community, and they all knew only too well the tragic results. Demolitions, illegal continued…
