Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the commemoration of the Genocide in Rwanda, the elections in Timor-Leste, the murder of a journalist in Afghanistan, climate change, the recent Tsunami in the Solomon…

Sihasak Phuangketkeow, the new Permanent Representative of Thailand 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. Phuangketkeow had been serving as…

Following are the opening remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a ceremony on 4 April marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. The ceremony was held at the World…

Following are the opening remarks made by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, to the annual conference of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, on Monday, 2 April 2007. The theme of…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for and Representatives of the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action…

(New York) - The Human Rights Committee, which monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, concluded its three-week session at Headquarters in New York today and, heading into its July session in Geneva, during which it will consider the human rights…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing, which provided information on the Secretary-General's trip to the Middle East, the activities of the Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament, the opening for signature of the Convention…

Following are the remarks delievered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on Thursday, 29 March at the ceremony inaugurating the Place des Nations: "C’est un honneur et plaisir pour moi d’inaugurer avec vous la…

Adopts Eleven Resolutions and Four Decisions, Including on Follow-up to Missions to Darfur and Occupied Palestinian Territory The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its fourth regular session, having considered a large number of reports from its Special Procedures, on the high-level…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from the Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the…