Marie Heuzé, Spokesperson of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International…

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 Centennial Anniversary of the American Jewish Committee, held today at the Palais des Nations: “It is a great pleasure…

Following is the speech delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, at the opening of the exhibition entitled “Art from Timor-Leste” at the Palais des Nations on Wednesday, 15 March: “It is a great pleasure…

Xanana Gusmao, President of Timor-Leste, speaking at a press conference after the screening of a film about Timor-Leste’s independence struggle, building the new nation and the concept of forgiveness for the perpetrators of the atrocities of the past, said it was a great pleasure for him to come to…

The Thirteenth Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) concluded on Friday, 10 March…

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

Don MacKay, the new Permanent Representative of New Zealand 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. MacKay had been serving as Permanent…

Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros, Chairman of the sixty-second session of the Commission on Human Rights, held a press briefing at noon today at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on the subject of the Commission’s decision this morning to suspend its work for a week pending consultations in the United…

Slobodan Vukčević, the new Permanent Representative of Serbia and Montenegro 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. Vukčević had been…

Arsene M. Balihuta, the new Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzonikidze, the Director-General to the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Balihuta had been working since 1992…