Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva chaired the briefing which was also attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health…

Following is the statement by Kiyotaka Akasaka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, to the opening session of the 2009 Global Model United Nations Conference at the Assembly Hall of the Palais des Nations in Geneva today: “Welcome to the very…

Kiyotaka Akasaka, UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, briefed the press this morning on the first-ever annual Global Model United Nations Conference; the first UN simulation organized by the UN itself. The conference is taking place in Geneva at the Palais des…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UNAIDS and the World Health…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by spokespersons for and representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations…

Dell Higgie, the new Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, from 2003 to the present, Ms. Higgie had…

Abdul Hannan, the new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office at Geneva, including other offices in Geneva and Vienna, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Officer-in-charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the United Nations…

Seraphin Lissassi, the new Permanent Representative of Benin to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, from January 1983 to date, Mr. Lissassi held…