Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Children’s Fund, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the Joint Services of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. World Food Day - 16 October 2011 Abdessalam Ould Ahmed of the Food…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the World Health Organization, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the Human Rights Council, the UN Development Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency and the World Food Programme.Spike in…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Joint Services of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.Measles Outbreak Dr. Robert Perry, Medical Officer at the World Health…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Human Rights Council, the UN Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme.Horn of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the UN Research Institute for Social Development, the International Labour Organization, the Human Rights Council, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Trade Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.Bahrain Rupert Colville of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said that OHCHR was concerned about…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency and the GAVI Alliance. Vaccines against major childhood diseases to reach 37 more countries Jeffrey Rowland, the Director of Media and Communications of the GAVI Alliance, said that the GAVI Alliance was a…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Pakistan Jemini Pandya of the International Organization for Migration said that an IOM team was…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the UN Children’s Fund.Pakistan Elisabeth Byrs of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that the joint mission by the Pakistani Government and the UN, which had visited sixteen districts in Sindh province, found that more than 5.4…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for World Health Organization, the Human Rights Council, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Trade Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Pillay welcomes Australian decision on identity for transgender…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the UN Refugee Agency, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme.Winner of the Nansen Refugee Award António Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that Norwegian diplomat and statesman Fridtjof…