States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention meet in Geneva to prepare for the forthcoming Sixth Review Conference of the Convention States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from 26 to 28 April 2006 at the Preparatory Committee for the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Following is the statement by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered at the opening of a photo exhibition by Izzet Keribar entitled "Lights and Colours of Turkey" at the Palais des Nations on…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the World Food Organization, the Office of the High…

Following are the remarks made by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at a ceremony at the Palais des Nations today commemorating the International Day for the Commemoration of the Genocide in Rwanda : “…

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 the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health…

Matern Yakobo Christian Lumbanga, the new Permanent Representative of Tanzania 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. Lumbanga had been an…

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 the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the…

Mothae Anthony Maruping, the new Permanent Representative of Lesotho 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. Maruping had been serving as…