Jan Egeland, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, announced the launch of a revised flash appeal for USD 550 million to cover relief efforts for the next six months to assist the communities affected by the earthquake in South Asia. “We have…

Palais des Nations, 26 October 2005 The Secretary-General: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I am happy to be able to talk to you this afternoon. Today we are here to alert the world to the needs of the victims of the earthquake in South Asia. It is a desperate situation. You've heard the…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General's comments on the report into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri; the…

Following is the statement by Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which he delivered at a lunch at the International Labour Organization today on the occasion of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Association…

Following is the speech by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, delivered today at Victoria Hall in Geneva on the occasion of United Nations Day 2005: "C'est un grand privilège d’être avec vous ce soir à l'…

Palais des Nations, 21 October 2005 Shashi Tharoor, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, speaking today during the regular briefing of the UN Information Service in Geneva, said he had met with the Executive Committee of ACANU yesterday and they had…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about a statement by the Secretary-General on Pakistan, three new reports by the Secretary-General on Somalia, Western…

Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, met today with Mr. Lee Kwan-sei, Assistant Minister of Unification Policy and Public Relations of the Republic of Korea. During the meeting, they discussed a broad range of issues of international concern, in…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information about the Secretary-General urging the implementation of measures on the reform of the United Nations; vacating 18 posts…

Jean Feyder, the new Permanent Representative of Luxembourg 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. Feyder served as Director for Cooperation…