Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Telecommunications Union, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Global Fund, and the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention. Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Human Rights Committee this morning was finishing its…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization.…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, United Nations Children's Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization. Secretary-General’s Agenda Corinne Momal-Vanian said later this week the United Nations Secretary-General…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons and representatives of the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Trade Organization and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons and representatives of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund and the International Organization for Migration.Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Corinne Momal-Vanian said the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union. Committee on the Rights of the Child Ms. Momal-Vanian said today at 5.30 p.m. the Committee would hold its closing session. During…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Committee on the Rights of the Child Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the Committee on the Rights of the Child was holding this week private meetings to discuss its concluding observations and recommendations on the ten reports it had considered at the current session. The…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Children's Fund.Activities in New York Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the High-level Meeting on Disarmament convened by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Food Programme.Activities in New York Ms. Momal-Vanian said that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed yesterday the High Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals. His speech…

Ms. Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service at the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the United Nations Environment Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the…