Following are the remarks delivered today by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the Ministerial Review Summit on the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development: "It is a pleasure for me to be with you today. Allow me, first of all, to…

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 of an exhibition on 9 September at the Palais des Nations entitled “The Life and Times of Nelson Mandela”: “It is a…

Following is the statement delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a wreath-laying ceremony held today in the Salle des Pas Perdus of the Palais des Nations to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the bombing of the Canal Hotel in Baghdad…

Following are the remarks by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered this morning at the Palais des Nations before the General Meeting of cooperation between the United Nations and the…

Following are the remarks by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered this morning at the Tripartite Meeting with the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe…

Following are the remarks by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered this morning at the Palais des Nations before the General Meeting of the United Nations and the League of Arab States. "It is…

Following are the 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 the Palais des Nations at the panel discussion on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations…

Following are the 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 flag-raising ceremony at the Palais des Nations to mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. “Every year…

A seminar entitled “The United Nations and Security Sector Reform: A year on from the Security Council Debate” was held on 4 March at the Palais des Nations in Geneva with participation from high-level representatives of Governments, the United Nations family, think tanks and academia. The seminar…

Over 120 high-level representatives of Governments, the United Nations family, think tanks and academia participated today in a seminar entitled “Nuclear Weapons: Governance and Accountability”, co-chaired by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG),…