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 the opening of the United Nations Women’s Guild’s International Annual Bazaar and Lottery 2007 at the Palais des Nations…

More than 150 representatives of Governments, United Nations entities, regional and sub-regional organizations and civil society have taken part at the Palais des Nations in a conference entitled “Our Common Peacebuilding Challenge: the contribution of International Geneva”. The first of its kind…

Following is the address which was delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at Victoria Hall in Geneva on the occasion of United Nations Day 2007. "On behalf of the international community in Geneva, I…

Following is the address which will be delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on 6 September at the Peace Palace in The Hague to a colloquium organized by the Hague Academy of International Law entitled…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today met with a group of Permanent Representatives of States which are members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Forty-two of the 57 OIC Member States are represented in Geneva, where Ambassador…

Following are the opening remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, made on 20 August at the Palais des Nations on the occasion of the launch of the Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit…

Following are the opening remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, to the inauguration of an exhibition at the Palais des Nations organized by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical…

Following are the remarks made by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, at the seminar held jointly today by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the United Nations Institute…

Following are the remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, delivered this evening at the Palais des Nations at the opening of an exhibition of paintings entitled “One World” and a concert entitled “A Journey of Art”, which are sponsored by the…

Following are the remarks made by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the Global Compact Leaders Summit opening plenary held today at the Palais des Nations: “It is a pleasure and a privilege to welcome you…