Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Federation of…

Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla, the new Permanent Representative of Bahrain 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. Abdulla had been serving as…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, the International Labour Office, the World Trade Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered at the opening of the exhibition entitled “Forces of Nature” on the occasion of World Meteorological Day 2006: “It is a special…

M. Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies et Directeur général de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève, a fait aujourd'hui la déclaration suivante à l'occasion de la Journée internationale de la Francophonie et de l'inauguration d'une exposition sur Léopold Sédar Senghor…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the event entitled “Preventing and Mitigating Natural Disasters” to commemorate World Meteorological Day 2006: “It is a great pleasure…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environment Program, the United Nations Economic Commission for…

Following is the transcript of the press conference given today by Ambassador Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros of Peru, the Chairman of the sixty-second session of the Commission on Human Rights, which he gave after the Commission decided to suspend its work for a further week until Monday, 27 March at 3 p…

Marie Heuzé, Spokesperson of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered at the Centennial Anniversary of the American Jewish Committee, held today at the Palais des Nations: “It is a great pleasure…