Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which provided information on the programme of the Secretary-General’s upcoming visit to Geneva, statements of the Secretary-General on the death of Pope John Paul II and the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which provided information on a statement by the Secretary-General on Rwanda, a visit of Terje Roed-Larsen to the Middle East, the Security Council resolution referring the situation…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which provided information on the situation in Lebanon, the second interim report of the Independent Inquiry Committee investigating allegations of corruption surrounding the Oil-for-…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which provided information on the Secretary-General’s report on United Nations reform presented yesterday to the General Assembly, the Secretary-General’s travels to Algiers, the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, and informed correspondents about meetings in Geneva of the Commission on Human Rights and the Conference on Safeguarding Space Security. She announced the two International Days,…

“Access to clean water is a basic human right,” stressed Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva at a press conference on the right to water in anticipation of World Water Day (22 March.) “But securing access to water is not only an important goal in…

Jan Egeland, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed journalists on a meeting being held in Geneva today and tomorrow of United Nations humanitarian coordinators from crisis areas where the Organizations maintains large operations. The…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which informed correspondents about the Secretary-General’s visit to the Middle East, the programme of ECOSOC, and the meetings in Geneva of the Commission on Human Rights and the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the Secretary-General's keynote address to the closing plenary of the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security which was delivered in Madrid, the…

Final Document Calls on International Community to Persuade Israel to Comply with Opinion of International Court of Justice on Wall in Occupied Palestinian Territory A two-day United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine concluded this afternoon at the Palais des Nations…