Almost 1,000 people attended the fourth edition of the Geneva Lecture Series on the topic “Nature’s wake-up call: Why we must heed the warning”, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on Wednesday 26 May 2010. In his opening remarks, Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United…

Following is the statement by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered today in Geneva to the Second African Forum for Dialogue entitled “Peace and Security for Sustainable Development in Africa…

Following are the remarks delivered by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the opening session of the sixty-third World Health Assembly: “It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the Palais des Nations for…

Following are the opening remarks by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered at a ceremony at the Palais des Nations on 28 April marking the inscription of the League of Nations archives in the…

Following are the opening remarks by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered today at a Special Seminar organized by the United Nations Office at Geneva and the Services Industriels de Genève,…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze Stresses Need to Build on Momentum to Bring Closer the Widely Shared Goal of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons The Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, today stressed the need to…

The Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, has presented the 2009 Annual Report, which shows how UNOG over the past year has expanded its role as a multilateral platform through closer engagement with Member States and enhanced collaboration with…

Following are the opening remarks by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the Fourth World Congress against the Death Penalty, which was held today at the Palais des Nations: “I would like to welcome you at…

Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today met with Fra’ Matthew Festing, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, in the context of the Grand Master’s participation in a conference at the Palais des Nations on 1 and 2 February…

The Director-General and the Prime Minister exchanged views on a range of issues, including global and regional security, development, climate change and the work of the United Nations system in Geneva. The Prime Minister outlined Viet Nam’s efforts to mitigate the impact of the economic and…