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…

Jadranka Kalmeta, the new Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment to Geneva, Ms. Kalmeta had been…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which provided information on the programme of the Secretary-General’s upcoming visit to Geneva, statements of the Secretary-General on the death of Pope John Paul II and the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which provided information on a statement by the Secretary-General on Rwanda, a visit of Terje Roed-Larsen to the Middle East, the Security Council resolution referring the situation…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, which provided information on the situation in Lebanon, the second interim report of the Independent Inquiry Committee investigating allegations of corruption surrounding the Oil-for-…

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 report on United Nations reform presented yesterday to the General Assembly, the Secretary-General’s travels to Algiers, the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the biweekly press briefing, and informed correspondents about meetings in Geneva of the Commission on Human Rights and the Conference on Safeguarding Space Security. She announced the two International Days,…