Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), today met with Gediminas Kirkilas, Prime Minister of Lithuania. The Director-General and the Prime Minister discussed a wide range of issues including the activities of the Conference on Disarmament and the…

Following are the welcoming remarks delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on 28 June at the Civil Society Development Forum 2007 entitled “A Platform for Development: Countdown to 2015”. The event was…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), met today with Dr. Srgjan Kerim, who was elected President of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly on 24 May 2007. The Director-General congratulated Dr. Kerim on his election, and assured him of…

Following are the remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he made on 7 June at an ILO/FAO event at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction under the theme “Planning for Livelihood Recovery”.…

Following are the remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the special meeting of the Human Rights Council convened in honour of the President of the Republic of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, which was held…

Following is the message of Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. It was delivered on the Director-General’s behalf by Supachai Panitchpakdi…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today took part in St. Petersburg in a pan-European conference on "Intercultural and Inter-religious Dialogue", organized jointly by the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, participated on 23 May in the annual commemoration of Africa Day, organized by the Africa Union under the theme of “Let’s Strengthen Africa’s place in the world through strategic, balanced and responsible…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today took part in the “Diplomacy Goes Virtual” event, which marked the inauguration of “Diplomacy Island” in “Second Life”, a computer-based simulated 3-dimensional environment available on the Internet. In his…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today inaugurated the Azerbaijan Room at the Palais des Nations, together with the First Lady of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ms. Mehriban Aliyeva. The Director-General thanked the Government and people of the…