Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Spokespersons for the World Health…

The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy, issued the following statement today: “Following the recent dismissal of the appeal by Taha Yassin Ramadan against the death sentence imposed by the Iraqi High Tribunal, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the…

Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi, the new Permanent Representative of Nigeria 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. Uhomoibhi had been serving as…

Paul Meyer, the new Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Mr. Meyer has been based at the Canadian Permanent Mission to the United Nations…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, met with Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Tuesday, 13 March 2007. The Director-General and the Secretary-General discussed cooperation between the United…

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

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, met today with Alexandros Zenon, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus. The Director-General and the Permanent Secretary discussed a range of issues, in particular matters relating to…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the…

The Human Rights Council will hold its fourth session from 12 to 30 March at the Palais des Nations to debate the promotion and protection of human rights around the world.At the beginning of the session, a high-level segment will be held during which dozens of dignitaries will address the…