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

Following are the remarks made by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to a ceremony today at the Palais des Nations marking the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the…

The United Nations Compensation Commission made available on 25 January a total of $391,491,357.30 to seven Governments for distribution to 44 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 14 claims in category E (claims of corporations, other private legal entities and public sector…

The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, today announced that the High-Level Mission to Darfur will be led by Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and co-founder of the Nobel Women's Initiative established in 2006. Sima Samar, Special Rapporteur on the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Office, the United Nations Environmental Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the Information Service of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Health Organization, the…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first plenary of its 2007 session on Monday, 22 January, at the Palais des Nations. The session will open under the presidency of Ambassador Glaudine Mtshali of South Africa. The…

Following are the remarks made today by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the Group of 77 Chairmanship handover ceremony: “First of all, let me wish all of you a happy and successful New Year. I am very pleased to be with you for this handover…

Robert Fillon, the new Permanent Representative of Monaco 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, since April 2003, Mr. Fillon had served as the…