Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).Libyan military talks Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), informed about this morning’s press stakeout by Ghassan Salamé, Special…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The topics addressed were: situation in the Sahel; New coronavirus; the Illicit Trade Forum; the Geneva Humanitarian Network Week; and the WHO Executive Board meeting.Situation in the Sahel Elizabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP), informed…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the International Labour Organization (ILO).The topics addressed were: trials under the antiterrorism law in Iraq; violence in Darfur; the Coronavirus; the end of cholera in Haiti; and ILO Convention 169 on indigenous peoples. Iraq: violence under the antiterrorism lawJeremy Laurence, for the Office of the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, World Health Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.Order of the International Court of Justice on Myanmar Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Health Organisation and the United Nations World Food Programme.Lebanon protests turn more violent Marta Hurtado, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), expressed concern about the increase in violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Lebanon in recent days. Some demonstrators had resorted to using violence to…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Food Programme, World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The topics addressed were the need for antibiotics to contain drug- resistant infections; new coronavirus infections in Asia; continued killings and displacement in Idlib, Syria; 2020 funding appeal by OHCHR; severe food insecurity in Haiti; and the first press…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Labour Organization.Novel coronvirus in China Tarik Jašarevic for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that on 31 December 2019, the Government of China had…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The topics addressed were the new law on displacement in El Salvador; inter-ethnic violence in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which might constitute crimes against humanity; United Nations Secretary-General’s statement on the crash of the Ukrainian plane; the future of the Syrian Constitutional…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the TV and Radio Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Special Adviser on Preparations for the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations, spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The topics addressed were: the 75th anniversary of the United Nations; the situation in…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019 report Catherine Huissoud, for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), said that the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019 report was a joint product of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social…