Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the International Organization for MigrationWorld AIDS Day Ms. Heuzé recalled that today was World AIDS Day. She said that journalists had received the Secretary-General's…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the International Organization for Migration.Human Rights Council With regard to the Human Rights Council's second session,…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Trade Organization, the International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration.New Statements and Documents Ms. Heuzé said the Secretary-…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that yesterday the Secretary-General had opened the Sixth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,…

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 Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Trip to Switzerland Ms. Heuzé said Secretary-General Kofi Annan…

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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Trip to Europe and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard from Spokespersons from and Representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Report of the High-level Panel on System-wide Coherence Ms.…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the Information Service of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development and the International Organization for Migration.CCW…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the Information Service of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Activities Ms. Heuzé said the Third Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which May Be…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Development Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé said that the Secretary-General had yesterday congratulated the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on their peaceful participation in the second round of the presidential election and…