Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Children's Fund, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Iraq Elizabeth Throssell, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said OHCHR had released a report today produced jointly with the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI),…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service at the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organisation, and the International Organization for Migration. At the outset, Ms. Vellucci said that the United Nations Secretary-General had condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Spain, and had expressed his heartfelt condolences to the victims, their families, and the people and the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Labour Organization.Central African Republic Donaig Le Du, Chief of Communications for the United Nations Children’s Fund in the Central African Republic, in her update on the situation of children in the Central African Republic, stressed that this was one of the worst…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Yemen Olivia Headon, for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said that over the past three days, IOM had been reporting on a tragic situation off the coast of Yemen. A total number of 280 people had been forced from two…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Kenya Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, said there were general elections in Kenya today, and a statement on this topic attributable…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Democratic Republic of the Congo Ravina Shamdasani, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that OHCHR had seeked cooperation from the DRC authorities to launch an investigation into the crisis in the Kasai region.…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service at UN Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, World Health Organisation, International Telecommunication Union, and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Vietnam human rights defenders Elisabeth Throssell, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed concerns about the…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization.Global Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, called attention to a number of statements had been issued by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Spokesperson and by the United Nations Security Council on the attacks in the Central African Republic, Afghanistan and Pakistan.…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Pakistan William Spindler, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), introduced a new member of the team now at UNHCR Headquarters, Duniya Aslam Khan, who will be the UNHCR Spokeswoman for Asia and the Pacific region. Ms. Khan said UNHCR welcomed the pilot launched this week of the Pakistan…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.Libya Elizabeth Throssell, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said OHCHR was deeply concerned that,…