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, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.South Sudan Elisabeth Byrs for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that in response to the humanitarian situation following violence in South…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section in 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, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration, as well as by a representative of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Philippines Ms. Vellucci said that the latest figures from the Office for…

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 Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Horn of Africa Christian Lindmeier of the World Health Organization (WHO) Horn of Africa team said that the Stamp Out Cholera campaign led by the Ministry of Health was launched today in Mogadishu to raise awareness of the disease amongst the Somali population. It aimed to ensure that households had at least one…

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 Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Durban Jonathan Lynn for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that a statement on the IPCC’s…

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, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission on Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Trade Organization and the World Health Organization.South Sudan Melissa Fleming for the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (…

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, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization.Yemen Ravina Shamdasani for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said her office condemned the continuing attacks on civilians in Yemen, particularly in Taiz, where it was reported that more than…

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 United Nations Development Programme, the Conference of the Convention on Biological Weapons, the World Bank, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the International Office for Migration and the World Trade Organization. The President-designate of the Review Conference of the Convention on Biological Weapons also addressed the briefing.Syria Rupert Colville for the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director 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, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the International Office for Migration. Somalia Ms. Momal-Vanian highlighted the recent statement of the Secretary-General in which he condemned, in the strongest possible terms, Al-Shabaab’…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Children’s Fund. ACANU announced that the end of the year party would…

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 High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Djibouti/Somalia Tarik Jasarevic of the World Health Organization (WHO) said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Djibouti was reporting an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in the capital, where in the first two weeks of November 127 new cases were registered…