Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, addressed the opening ceremony of the eighth Geneva International Model United Nations on 5 March. Speaking to some 200 participants in the event, the Director-General stated how encouraged he was to see that many…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the High-Level Meeting of the Tripartite Plus Process 2007, which he delivered today in Vienna: "It gives me great pleasure to address you today…

Following are the remarks made by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to a ceremony today at the Palais des Nations marking the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in…

Following are the remarks made today by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the Group of 77 Chairmanship handover ceremony: “First of all, let me wish all of you a happy and successful New Year. I am very pleased to be with you for this handover…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, met on 15 January with Moody Awori, Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs of Kenya. The Director-General and the Vice-President discussed a wide range of issues, including regional peacekeeping and mediation…

Following is the message of Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, to a roundtable discussion during the Green Cross International Forum expert meeting held at the…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the Universal Postal Union Strategy Conference which he delivered today in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: “It is a great pleasure to join you…

Following is the statement made this morning by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the opening of the Special Session of the World Health Assembly, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva: "It is a distinct honour…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), and Theodor Winkler, the Director of the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), co-chaired on 31 October 2006 a joint seminar entitled “Security Sector Reform in Post-Conflict…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), on 25 October launched an initiative entitled “Our Common Peacebuilding Challenge – the Contribution of International Geneva”. The official presentation of the project took place at an Expert Meeting hosted…