Following are the remarks of United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Sergei Ordzhonikidze, at the opening of an exhibition entitled "Cartooning for Peace". The remarks were read out by the Director of the United Nations Information…

Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking to journalists during the regular briefing by the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said she was delighted to speak to the press briefly before embarking on the next session of the Human Rights Council next…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, addressed the opening ceremony of the eighth Geneva International Model United Nations on 5 March. Speaking to some 200 participants in the event, the Director-General stated how encouraged he was to see that many…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the International Labour Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Strategy for Disaster…

Marie Heuzé, the 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 Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the…

The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium), today concluded its sixty-second session. At this session, the Council elected Belgium as President, and Indonesia as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Governing…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the Information Service of the United Nations 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 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the fight against terrorism, the situation in Sudan, violence in Guinea, flooding in Mozambique, the situation of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons,…