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Interview with Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

02/12/2009

| Anglais/English/Inglés, International Diplomat

You are the Director-General of the European headquarters of the United Nations. What do you consider to be the main role of the office here? It is probably more accurate to talk about different types of roles rather than any particular main role. The United Nations Office at Geneva, which I head, is the representative office of the Secretary-General in Switzerland. We cooperate with the entire United Nations family here to facilitate efforts across the three pillars of the…

A satellite view of the world for the Palais des Nations Interview with F. Pisano, UNITAR/UNOSAT

05/16/2008

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| Anglais/English/Inglés, Geneva International

A large size image of the earth taken from space in 2004 has been donated to the UN Office at Geneva as a testimony of the state of our world today to be passed down to future generations. UNOSAT, the UNITAR operational programme for satellite applications, has brokered the donation through high level contacts with the European Space Agency, owner of the satellite ENVISAT that took the photograph. The picture is on permanent display in the Palais des Nations…