Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Economic Commission for Europe and the UN…

Nanguyalai Tarzi, the new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan 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, from December 2002 to December 2006, Mr…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund,…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the Global Climate Observing System Secretariat, the Office for the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also addressed by Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the…

Ahmet Üzümcü, the new Permanent Representative of Turkey 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, since 2004, Mr. Üzümcü had been serving as…

Eduardo Ponce Vivanco, the new Permanent Representative of Peru 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. Ponce Vivanco served as Ambassador to…

Marie Heuzé, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference on…

Guy-Alain Emmanuel Gauze, the new Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire 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, since 2002, Ambassador Gauze…

This afternoon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in his capacity as Head of the Fact-Finding Mission to Beit Hanoun, held a press conference at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to announce that the investigative mission into the events in Beit Hanoun could not take place as scheduled owing to the lack of…