Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration and the Human Rights Council. Central African Republic Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council (HRC) announced that the Human Rights Council would hold a special session on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic at 10 a.m. on Monday, 20 January in…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Refugee Agency, International Labour Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration and Inter-Parliamentary Union.South Sudan Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the Spokespersons for United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Telecommunications Union. South Sudan Melissa Fleming, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said that UNHCR was noticing an increasing trend of people fleeing from South Sudan to neighbouring countries…

Thierry Potvin, Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the first briefing of 2014, which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Central African Republic On behalf of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Mr. Potvin informed that there was a note in the back of the room on the allocation of emergency funding to begin air evacuation of migrants affected by fighting in the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugees Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration. South Sudan Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service Geneva, read extracts from the statement by the Secretary-General…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations-Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, International Organization for Migration, Human Rights Council, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, and Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. International Conference on Syria…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and International Organization for Migration. Central African Republic Ravina Shamdasani, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that although the security situation in Bangui appeared to have…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, International Labour Organization, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, World Economic Forum and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Central African Republic Adrian Edwards for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said over 100,000…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the International Trade Centre. Nelson Mandela Ms. Momal-Vanian said she had sent to journalists the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Children’s Fund and World Food Programme. PHILIPPINES Leonard Doyle, from the IOM regional office in Manila, informed that the relief effort was now moving into a more long-term phase. It involved getting people into safer accommodation, providing vast plastic sheeting and shelter materials which were…