Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the Secretary-General's activities prior to his attendance at the G8 Summit, Uzbek asylum seekers and a seized WFP ship off the coast of Somalia, among other things.…

Following are remarks made this afternoon by Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the opening of an exhibit "Peace of Mind" at the Palais des Nations to commemorate a ceremony Dag Hammarskjöld, the 2nd…

Awards $ 366.7 Million for Compensation The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece), has concluded its fifty-sixth session today. Representatives of Kuwait and Iraq addressed the fifteen-member Governing…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a meeting to discuss the prevention of an arms race in outer space as one of its core items and in response to the proposal made by the President of the Conference, Ambassador Wegger Strommen of Norway, to hold four public plenaries to address the…

The Conference on Disarmament today held a meeting to discuss a possible future treaty prohibiting fissile materials, as part of a series of meetings being held in response to the invitation last week by the President of the Conference, Ambassador Wegger Strommen of Norway, to hold four public…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), met today with members of the Group of Western European and Other States for informal discussions on issues of mutual interest and concern, including the 2005 World Summit; the Secretary-General's ongoing…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the start of the celebrations marking the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations yesterday in Geneva and New York, the General Assembly's second High-Level Dialogue…

La Directrice du Service de l'information des Nations Unies à Genève, Mme Marie Heuzé, et le Président du Comité des activités culturelles, M. Pierre Le Loarer, ont donné ce matin une conférence de presse conjointe afin de présenter les activités prévues à Genève dans le cadre de la commémoration…

Following are the opening remarks by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the inauguration today at the Palais des Nations of the exhibition entitled "A Time for Renewal" at the occasion of the 60th anniversary…

Experts Exchange Ideas on the Content, Promulgation, and Adoption of Codes of Conduct for Scientists The third Meeting of Experts from States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their…