The Secretary-General: Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Bonjour mesdames et messieurs, bonjour, je suis très heureux de vous rencontrer ce matin. I am pleased to be back in Geneva. This is the last country on a three-country tour. If I may just explain to you about what I have been doing the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United…

The Secretary-General: Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. I am happy to see you again. Tomorrow, I will have a press conference where we can discuss a broad range of issues of our work. Today, I would like to focus my press conference on this official launching of the Global Platform. I would…

Baudelaire Ndong Ella, the new Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Ndong Ella had been serving as…

Graca Andresen Guimaraes, the new Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Andresen Guimaraes had been…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Environment Programme, the Economic…

Mariangela Zappia, the new Permanent Observer of the European Union to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her letter of nomination to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Zappia had been serving…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN Refugee Agency, the International…

Adopts Resolution Urging Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights to Dispatch a Mission to Syria to Investigate All Alleged Violations of International Human Rights Law The Human Rights Council concluded on 29 April its Special Session on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World…