Corinne Momal-Vanian, 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 UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the World Meteorological Organization. At the beginning of the briefing, Ms. Momal-Vanian wished everyone a happy new year, and hoped that things would be warming up soon. She said she had learned that press room 1 had been icy cold yesterday and had taken…

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 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Economic Commission For Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Organization for…

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 Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s Activities / Conference on Yemen Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had had a phone conversation yesterday with United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in…

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 for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization. Spokespersons from the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration were also present, but had no announcements to make.Secretary-General’s Statements: Copenhagen Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said available in the press room were several documents, including the transcript of 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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Secretary-General/Copenhagen Conference Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier observed that today was the last day of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. While noting that negotiations…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General and Copenhagen Conference Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave a press conference at Headquarters yesterday before flying to Copenhagen to…

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 Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development and the Universal Postal Union.Copenhagen Conference Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was closely…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Secretary-General/Burundi Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier, said the Secretary-General’s latest…

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 and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNAIDS, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General…