Following is the message by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, which was delivered on his behalf this evening by Ruth Hahn-Weinert, the Officer-in-Charge of the Library of the United Nations Office at…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing. Also participating were spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), Office for the Coordination of…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which informed correspondents on the activities of the Director-General of the Office, the Seminar on the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Palais, the Working Group on…

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has addressed a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan in which it expressed dismay and utmost concern about the execution of an Uzbek national in violation of the Committee's request for interim protection. The Committee requested a…

Homero Luis Hernandez Sanchez, the new Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic 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. Hernandez…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, since the Director of the Service was attending informal consultations on the human rights sections of the Report of the Secretary-…

Alberto Juan Dumont, the new Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations Office at Geneva, the World Trade Organization and other international organizations in Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which provided information on the Secretary-General’s programme in Geneva and travels to Rome and Oslo, the annual session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, payments made…

The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of $ 195,044,579.38 to six Governments for distribution to 8,303 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 2,946 claims in category "A" (claims of individuals for departures from Kuwait or Iraq), 4,740…

SECRETARY-GENERAL: Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Let me first thank you for coming in such numbers. And let me at the onset congratulate your new President, the new President of ACANU, Mr. Herbermann. I had hoped to stay in Geneva a bit longer but given the death of the Pope, I also have to…