Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Food Programme, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Syria Adrian Edwards for the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said with a small but growing number of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.Syria Melissa Fleming for the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said as Syrian refugee numbers continued to rise in neighbouring states, UNHCR and its partners…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration.Sudan Jens Laerke for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Mr. Ali Al-Za’tari, had…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Economic Commission on Europe, the International Telecommunications Union, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the International Organization for Migration.Ukraine Rupert Colville for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said his office noted with regret that on 2 October the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.Syria Adrian Edwards for the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the number of Syrians registered or awaiting registration as refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq had now surpassed 300,000, triple the level of just three months ago. The latest figures showed a total regional registered population of more…

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 International Labour Organization, the UN Economic Commission for Europe, the UN Population Fund, the UN Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Syria Marixie Mercado of the UN Children’s Fund said that UNICEF had received findings from a mission to Tartous – west of the country, about an hour…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council (HRC) explained today’s agenda included the report of the Working Group of Experts of People of African…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, spokesperson for the Human Rights Council, said discussion of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Meteorological Organization.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council (HRC) said general debate on Item Four which began yesterday (17 September) was about to finish and had heard from 30 NGOs. Today (18 September) was devoted to the rights of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Meteorological Organization.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council said today’s meetings began with…