Information for Delegations

 

I. Introductory Information
III.Conference services
IV. Media, public and library services
V. Facilities and services for delegations

 

II. The General Assembly and its
Main Committees

General Assembly (Office of the President) General Assembly (Secretariat arrangements)
General Assembly (Plenary and General Committee meetings) General Assembly (Main Committees)
Other organs


Fifty-sixth regular session

Information on the General Assembly is available electronically on the Internet through the UN web site: http://www.un.org/ga.

Information on the General Assembly is also available in:

Arabic: http://www.un.org/arabic/ga
Chinese: http://www.un.org/chinese/aboutun/prinorgs/ga
French: http://www.un.org/french/ga
Russian: http://www.un.org/russian/basic/mainorg/gassembl.htm
Spanish: http://www.un.org/spanish/aboutun/organs/ga.htm

Office of the President

The Office of the President of the General Assembly is located on the second floor of the Conference building between the ECOSOC and Trusteeship Council Chambers.

Office of the President, Ext 3.7555, Fax 3.3301, Room C-204
Spokesperson, Ext 3.7555, Fax 3.3301, Room C-204

Secretariat arrangements for the General Assembly

The Secretary-General acts in that capacity at all meetings of the General Assembly.

General responsibilities for the work of the Secretariat in connection with the General Assembly are vested in the Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services.

The Director of the General Assembly and ECOSOC Affairs Division coordinates the work of the session. He also assumes direct responsibility for the servicing of plenary meetings and the meetings of the General Committee.

Specific responsibility for the work of the Main Committees and other committees or organs is vested in the representatives of the Secretary-General to those committees, namely, the under-secretaries-general or other officials listed below under the appropriate committee. The secretaries of the Main Committees and other committees or organs of the General Assembly, who are also listed below, are provided by the appropriate departments or offices of the Secretariat.

Plenary meetings of the General Assembly and
meetings of the General Committee

Under-Secretary-General for
General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services

Mr. Chen Jian, Ext 3.8362, Fax 3.8196, Room S-2963A

Questions relating to the work of the Assembly should be referred to the General Assembly Affairs and ECOSOC Division.

Director
Mr. Vadim Perfiliev, Ext 3.0725, Fax 3.5305, Room S-2977A
email: perfiliev@un.org

General Assembly Servicing Branch

Coordination, procedures, documentation and
organizational matters

Fax: 963-4230

Chief
Mr. Ozdinch Mustafa, Ext 3.2332, Room S-2925A
email: mustafa@un.org

Deputy Chief
Ms. Catherine Boivin, Ext 3.2336, Room S-2925C
email: boivin@un.org

Ms. Margie Kam, Ext 3.2335, Room S-2925B
email: kam@un.org

Ms. Mayra Alejandro, Ext 3.2333, Room S-3001E
email: alejandrom@un.org

Ms. Joyce Sulahian, Ext 3.2337, Room S-3001H
email: sulahian@un.org

Arrangements for the list of speakers
Fax: 963-3783

Ms. Carmencita Dizon, Ext 3.5063, Room S-3001D
email: dizon@un.org

Ms. Nicolle Matias-Veyne, Ext 3.2338, Room S-3001G
email: matias-veyne@un.org


While meetings of the General Assembly are in progress, the staff listed above may be reached at ext. 3.7786/3.7787.

All those listed above deal with matters relating to plenary meetings of the General Assembly and meetings of the General Committee.

Questions on other matters should be referred to the appropriate offices listed below.

Documentation Programming and Monitoring Unit
Fax: 963-3783

Mr. Xiong Lixion, Ext 3.4244, Room S-2994
email: xiong@un.org

Ms. Eslyn Sylvester, Ext 3.5432, Room S-3001A
email: sylvester@un.org

Ms. Mildred Fernandes, Ext 3.5432, Room S-3001A
email: fernandes3@un.org

Ms. Faika Jackson, Ext 3.9221, Room S-3001C
email: jacksonf@un.org

Ms. Nilima Silver, Ext 3.2348, Room S-3001B
email: silvern@un.org

Main Committees of the General Assembly

First Committee


Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs
Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala, Ext 3.1570, Fax 3.4066, Room S-3170A

Secretary of the First Committee
Mr. Mohammad Sattar, Ext 3.5595, Fax 3.5305, Room S-2977H

Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee)

Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Ext 3.8079, Fax 3.9222, Room S-3727B

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Ext 3.5055, Fax 3.5065, Room S-3770A

Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Mr. Danilo Türk, Ext 3.9606, Fax 3.9297, Room S-3327A

Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Mr. Ibrahima Fall, Ext 3.4049, Fax 3.1323, Room S-3570A

Interim Head, Department of Public Information
Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Ext 3.6830, Fax 3.4361, Room S-1027A

Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and
Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Gaza

Mr. Peter Hansen, Ext 3.2255, Fax 935-7899, Room DC2-1755 (Two UN Plaza) (New York Liaison office)

Secretary of the Special Political and
Decolonization Committee

Ms. Lesley M. Wilkinson, Ext 3.5444, Fax 3.5305, Room S-2977K

Second Committee

Under-Secretary-General for Economic
and Social Affairs

Mr. Nitin Desai, Ext 3.5958, Fax 3.1010/3.4324, Room DC2-2320

Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for
Europe (ECE), Geneva

Ms. Danuta Hübner, Ext 3.6905, Fax 3.1500, Room S-3127A (New York office)

Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Bangkok
Mr. Kim Hak-Su, Ext 3.6905, Fax 3.1500, Room S-3127A (New York office)

Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago

Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Ext 3.6905, Fax 3.1500, Room S-3127A (New York liaison office)

Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for
Africa (ECA), Addis Ababa

Mr. K. Y. Amoako, Ext 3.6905, Fax 3.1500, Room S-3127A (New York liaison office)

Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut
Ms. Mervat Tallawy, Ext 3.6905, Fax 3.1500, Room S-3127A (New York liaison office)

Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF)

Ms. Carol Bellamy, Ext 326-7028, Fax 326-7758, Room H-1380 (UNICEF House)

Executive Director of the World Food Programme
Ms. Catherine Ann Bertini, Ext 3.8364, Fax 3.8019, Room DC2-2500 (Two UN Plaza) (New York office)

Executive Director of the United Nations Institute
for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva

Mr. Marcel André Boisard, Ext 3.9683, Fax 3.0995, Room DC1-0603 (One UN Plaza) (New York office)

Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva

Mr. Rubens Ricupero, Ext 3.6896, Fax 3.0027, Room DC2-1120 (Two UN Plaza) (New York office)

Administrator of the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)

Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, Ext 906-5791, Fax 906-5778, Room DC1-2128 (One UN Plaza)

Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Ms. Thoraya Obaid, Ext 297-5111, Fax 297-4911, Room DN-1901 (220 East 42nd St.)

Executive Director of the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), Nairobi

Mr. Klaus Toepfer, Ext 3.8138, Fax 3.7341, Room DC2-0816 (Two UN Plaza) (New York liaison office)

Rector of the United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo
Mr. J. A. van Ginkel, Ext 3.6345, Fax 371-9454, Room DC2-1470 (Two UN Plaza) (North America office)

Executive Director for HABITAT
Ms. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Ext 3.4200, Fax 3.8721, Room DC2-0950 (Two UN Plaza) (New York liaison office)

Secretary of the Second Committee
Ms. Margaret A. Kelley, Ext 3.4640, Fax 3.5935, Room S-2950C

Third Committee

Under-Secretary-General, Director-General of the
United Nations Office at Vienna, and Executive Director of
the United Nations International Drug Control Programme

Mr. Pino Arlacchi, Ext 3.5631, Fax 3.4185, Room DC1-0618 (One UN Plaza) (New York office)

Under-Secretary-General for Economic and
Social Affairs

Mr. Nitin Desai, Ext 3.5958, Fax 3.1010/3.4324, Room DC2-2320

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and
Emergency Relief Coordinator

Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Ext 3.2738, Fax 3.1312/3.9489, Room S-3627A

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
(Geneva)

Mrs. Mary Robinson, Ext 3.5930, Fax 3.4097, Room S-2914A (New York liaison office)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva
Mr. Ruud Lubbers, Ext 3.6200, Fax 3.0074, Room DC1-2610 (One UN Plaza) (New York liaison office)


Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women

Ms. Angela King, Ext 3.5086, Fax 3.3463, Room DC2-1220 (Two UN Plaza)

Secretary of the Third Committee
Ms. Kate Starr Newell, Ext 3.4248, Fax 3.5935, Room S-2950D

Fifth Committee

Under-Secretary-General for Administration and
Management

Mr. Joseph E. Connor, Ext 3.8227, Fax 3.8424, Room S-2700A

Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services
Mr. Dileep Nair, Ext 3.6196, Fax 3.7010, Room S-3527A

Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management
Ms. Rafiah Salim, Ext 3.5182, Fax 3.1944, Room S-2527A

Assistant Secretary-General for Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts, and Controller
Mr. Jean-Pierre Halbwachs, Ext 3.1661, Fax 3.8061, Room S-2627A

Secretary of the Fifth Committee
Mr. Joseph V. Acakpo-Satchivi, Ext 3.8255, Fax 3.0360, Room S-2633A

Sixth Committee

Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs,
The Legal Counsel

Mr. Hans Corell, Ext 3.5338, Fax 3.6430, Room S-3427A

Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs
Mr. Ralph Zacklin, Ext 3.5342, Fax 3.6430, Room S-3427B

Secretary of the Sixth Committee
Mr. Václav Mikulka, Ext 3.5345, Fax 3.1963, Room S-3460A

Other organs

Credentials Committee

Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs,
The Legal Counsel

Mr. Hans Corell, Ext 3.5338, Fax 3.6430, Room S-3427A

Secretary
Mr. Anthony J. Miller, Ext 3.5358, Fax 3.3386, Room S-3420A

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

Executive Secretary
Mr. Jules Corwin, Ext 3.7456, Fax 3.6943, Room CB-060E

Committee on Contributions

Secretary
Mr. Mark Gilpin, Ext 3.5866, Fax 3.1943, Room S-2770J

Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Secretary
Ms. Lesley M. Wilkinson, Ext 3.5444, Fax 3.5305, Room S-2977K

Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Secretary
Mr. Kofi Asomani, Ext 3.6200, Fax3.0074, Room DC1-2610A (One UN Plaza)

Pledging Conference for Development Activities

Secretary
Mr. Alexandre De Barros, Ext 3.2320, Fax 3.5935, Room S-2950G

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