Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the…

Following is the address which will be delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on 6 September at the Peace Palace in The Hague to a colloquium organized by the Hague Academy of International Law entitled…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World…

Hans Dahlgren, the new Permanent Representative of Sweden 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, since 2001, Mr. Dahlgren had been serving as…

Abdulla Falah Abdulla Al-Dosari, the new Permanent Representative of Qatar 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, Mr. Al-Dosari had been serving…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Environmental Programme, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Intellectual Property…

Marius Grinius, the new Permanent Representative of Canada 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, Mr. Grinius had been serving, since August…

Victor Camilleri, the new Permanent Representative of Malta 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, since 2003, Mr. Camilleri had been serving as…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today met with a group of Permanent Representatives of States which are members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Forty-two of the 57 OIC Member States are represented in Geneva, where Ambassador…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Meteorological…