Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, delivered at a concert at the Grand Théâtre de Genève on Tuesday, 24 October 2006, on the occasion of United Nations Day: “C’est pour moi un…

Following are the introductory remarks made by the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Sergei Ordzhonikidze, at the launch today at the Palais des Nations of the new website for the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC): “I am very pleased that you could all join us for the…

Following is the statement delivered today by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a ceremony commemorating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, which was held at 9:30 a.m. at the Palais des…

Following are the remarks made by 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 meeting of the Conference on Disarmament today: “On 21 June 2006, the Secretary-…

The President of the Paralympic Federation of Afghanistan, Haji Abdul Rahman Mohammadi, presented today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Under-Secretary-General, Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, a gift of the Association of Afghan War Handicapped to the United Nations. The…

Following are the remarks made by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on the occasion of the handover of the ENVISAT satellite image of the earth as seen from space: “It is a great pleasure to welcome you to…

Following are the remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikide, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, which he delivered at the seminar on the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission Report which was…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, delivered on 12 June at the opening of an exhibition entitled “Combating Desertification – Science, Technologies, Daily Life” at the Palais des…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the opening at the Palais des Nations of an exhibition of paintings entitled “Deserts and Desertification” to mark World Environment Day. It…

Following is the address delivered on 5 June by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summit which was held at the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest: “It is a…