Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Indonesia Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), made the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the World Trade Organization.New displacement in DRC Babar Baloch, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement: “…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the World Trade Organization.New displacement in DRC Babar Baloch, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement: “…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. Update on the Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that 23 draft resolutions had been received, of which 8 pertained to the situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Somalia, the Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen and Myanmar, with a…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Human Rights CouncilAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that at 9 a.m. on 18 September, the Human Rights Council…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Syria Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, read the following statement: “This morning, Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Syria invited…

Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Organization for Migration. Latest data from Mediterranean Joel Millman, for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said that reports had been received on Monday 10 September of over 100…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization. Update on Geneva Consultations on Yemen Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read out the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Ms. Vellucci introduced Hoda El-Turk, the Spokesperson for the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths; and Hervé Verhoosel, the new Chief Spokesperson for the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General’s visit to ChinaRhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, reminded journalists that on Saturday 1 September, the Secretary General would leave for a visit to China, where he would speak at the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, being held in Beijing. During his visit, the Secretary…