Juan Antonio Fernandez Palacios, the new Permanent Representative of Cuba 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. Fernandez Palacios had been…

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 on new statements by the Secretary-General on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and on Nepal; Geneva…

Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros, 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. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Cuadros was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru,…

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 United Nations operations in Iraq following the Tigris bridge disaster, preparations made by the United Nations…

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 draft outcome document for next month’s summit on United Nations reform and the implementation of the Millenium…

Danzannorov Boldbaatar, the new Permanent Representative of Mongolia 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. Boldbaatar has been since 2002…

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 Annual Report of the Secretary-General, the upcoming visit to China of the High Commissioner for Human Rights,…

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’s upcoming visit to Niger, the investigation of the death of Sudanese Vice-President John…

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 new statements by the Secretary-General on Western Sahara and the Middle East, a report of the Secretary-General on…

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 new statements by the Secretary-General on Israel's disengagement from Gaza and the northern West Bank and the…