Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the…

(ISSUED AS RECEIVED), Geneva, 12 July 2012I warmly welcome the recent decision made by Saudi Arabia to send female athletes to London to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.This decision, following a similar one by Brunei Darussalam and Qatar, marks a significant progress in realizing the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the UN Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the International…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency,…

Paivi Kairamo-Hella, the new Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Kairamo-Hella had been serving as…

Bertrand de Crombrugghe de Picquendaele, the new Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. de Crombrugghe…

1. On 30 June 2012, the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Turkey, Iraq (Chair of the Summit…

Thank you, Secretary-General Ban and Secretary-General Elaraby, and let me thank you also for your unflinching support. I am honoured to serve as your Special Envoy.Let me begin by thanking you for your presence here today. It sends a signal to the world that you are here to do what must be…

Ladies and Gentlemen,I called this meeting in Geneva at this critical stage in the crisis to bring the international community and the countries with influence together – to take concrete action. We came here to reach a serious agreement on how we could help Syria at this grim and brutal time…