SdM: Thank you for being here, since you are so many I will provide time for questions, it is only fair that this takes place. I will be making a little longer remarks than I am used to do because I would like to, and you deserve it, to put what we are trying to do, what is happening in the context…

The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement by the Governments of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Russian Federation and the United States of America of a de-escalation zone and arrangements to support a ceasefire and delivery of humanitarian assistance in southwest Syria. This is a…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for…

Good evening, we will be relatively short but I think we, as the UN need to make some comments about this meeting in Astana. The first one, I think, on behalf of the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and of everyone present here, I want to reiterate how much we appreciate the generous and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of…

The Secretary-General: I am glad to be here in Crans-Montana to chair the Conference on Cyprus today. And I want to thank His Excellency Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Cypriot leader, and His Excellency Mr. Mustafa Akinci, the Turkish Cypriot leader, as well as the three guarantor powers,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High…

Henri Monceau, the new Permanent Observer of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his letter of nomination to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva…

Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Conference on Cyprus, and Espen Barth Eide, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Cyprus, spoke to journalists at a press point after the…

47th meeting of Gali Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism On 28 June 2017, the 47th meeting of the joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in Gali town under the chairmanship of the United Nations. Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM (European Union Monitoring…