Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Environment Programme, the World Food Programme, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the International Labour Organization and the World Trade Organization. Also present was the spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Geneva activities Ms. Heuzé said that...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs were also present.Geneva activities Ms. Heuzé said that the Human Rights Council was continuing its session in accordance with the Order of the Day. She reminded journalists that...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Activities of the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé said that in the context of United Nations reform, the General Assembly had yesterday adopted...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé drew attention to a statement issued yesterday by the Secretary-General on Iraq. The Secretary-General was encouraged by the discussions held in Baghdad on...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Fourth Session of Human Rights Council Ms. Heuzé said with regard to the upcoming session of the Human Rights Council, available was a background press release providing practical information for the three-week session beginning on Monday, 12 March and lasting until...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the International Labour Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme. Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, also addressed the briefing. A summary of her comments is available separately.Geneva Activities The...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Trade Organization and the World Food Programme.Climate Change Ms. Heuzé said available in the press room was the statement which the Secretary-General delivered yesterday to the 31st annual UN International School. As the theme this year was global warming, the Secretary-...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme and the UN Refugee Agency. Representatives from the International Organization for Migration and the FIFDH [Festival International...

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Visits to Germany and Austria Ms. Heuzé said the Secretary-General was in Berlin on Wednesday, where he met with the other principal members of the Quartet for the Middle East. The Quartet statement, which the...

Marie Heuzé, Director of the Information Service of the United Nations in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Statement by the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had strongly condemned the brutal terrorist bombing of the Delhi-Lahore "Friendship Express", in which 67 people were killed and...