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 the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Trade Organization.Activities of the Secretary-…

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 the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Discussions on Georgia Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the…

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 the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the Secretary-General had signed yesterday his senior managers’ compacts for 2009. Nineteen senior…

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 the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization and the UN Refugee Agency.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that in remarks to the opening of the fifth general meeting of the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Secretary-General had said that the…

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 the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Trade Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency.Secretary-General in India Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General…

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 the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. At the beginning of the briefing, Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier introduced a new colleague, Jean Rodriguez, who had been named as Senior Public Information Officer at the Economic Commission for Europe.New Statements by the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Meteorological Organization. The briefing followed a live transmission from Davos, Switzerland of a Press Conference on global development challenges by the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon and the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Heuzé said a number of statements by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon were available in the press room, including a statement in which he strongly condemned hostilities between rebels and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Organization for Migration.Situation in Gaza Ms. Heuzé said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has briefed the Security Council on his trip to the Middle…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the International Organization for Migration.…