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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the High Commissioner for Refugees.Secretary-General Concludes Official Visit to Haiti Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has concluded an official two-day visit to Haiti during which he met in Port-au-Prince with President René Préval as well as with the President of the Senate and the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration. Ms. Heuzé said Spokespersons from the High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights were available in the room but had no specific news to share. Other Spokespersons had called her to say they would not be coming to the briefing as they had no news or developments to report, but that they were…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which heard from the President of the Economic and Social Council at the conclusion of the Council's 2007 substantive session in Geneva. Also speaking were Spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Economic and Social Council Ms. Heuzé said that today was the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Spokespersons from the World Health Organization and the World Food Programme were also present.Economic and Social Council Ms. Heuzé said that the Economic and Social Council would hold a debate this morning on economic and environmental questions. This afternoon, the Council would address a number of…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration. Spokespersons from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees were also present.Secretary-General: Quartet Statement Ms. Heuzé said that available in the press room in…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International Organization for Migration. Spokespersons from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Children’s Fund were also present.Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé said that available in the press room in English and French was the transcript of the Secretary-General's press conference held…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the World Trade Organization.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé announced that the Secretary-General had returned to New York yesterday, following a two-week trip to Europe. He had left from London yesterday, having visited Geneva, Rome, Lisbon and Brussels over the course of his trip.…

Marie Heuzé, The Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Universal Postal Union and the International Organization for Migration.Activities of the Secretary-General Ms. Heuzé announced that the Secretary-General was in Brussels today for the opening of the First Global Forum…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Executive Director of the Global Compact, and spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization…

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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Population Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Economic and Social Council Ms. Heuzé said yesterday morning Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had addressed the opening…