On the occasion of the opening of the 2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and a panel of leaders from business, labour and civil society today held a press conference this morning to discuss the status of the Global Compact and the significance of the Leaders Summit…

Following are the remarks made by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the Global Compact Leaders Summit opening plenary held today at the Palais des Nations: “It is a pleasure and a privilege to welcome you…

Palais des Nations, Geneva, 5 July 2007 Secretary-General: Thank you Mr. Kell and Chairman Isdell, Madame Labelle, and dear ladies and gentlemen of the press. Welcome to the Global Compact Leaders Summit. And for those of you who have traveled great distances to be here, welcome to Geneva and…

The new Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the United Nations Office at Geneva, Milomir Mihaljevic, today presented his credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Sergei Ordzhonikidze. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, and since 2004, Mr. Mihaljevic was…

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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), today met with Gediminas Kirkilas, Prime Minister of Lithuania. The Director-General and the Prime Minister discussed a wide range of issues including the activities of the Conference on Disarmament and the…

Secretary-General : Good morning, my friends from the press. I am delighted to be back in Geneva again. While this is the second time in my capacity as Secretary-General to be in Geneva, I just attended for the first time the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council, where I launched…

Following are the welcoming remarks delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on 28 June at the Civil Society Development Forum 2007 entitled “A Platform for Development: Countdown to 2015”. The event was…

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 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the…

Li Baodong, the new Permanent Representative of China 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. Li had been serving as China’s Ambassador in…