Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Office of the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Human Rights Council, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Development Programme.…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization.Visit of the Secretary-General to GenevaAlessandra Vellucci, for the 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Reported atrocities in DR Congo’s Tanganyika provinceAndrej Mahecic, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), made the following statement:“UNHCR, the UN Refugee…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Munich Security ConferenceAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Secretary-General, António Guterres, had arrived in Munich the previous day and would give a keynote speech at the Munich Security Conference that day. 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 Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Humanitarian situation of refugees on Manus IslandRico Salcedo, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), gave the following statement by telephone: “Thank you for the chance to briefly update you on UNHCR observations from our latest mission to Manus Island (Papua New Guinea).What stood…

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, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Labour Organization.Refugee women and children face heightened risk of sexual violence on Greek islandsCécile Pouilly, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), made the following statement:“UNHCR is very concerned by reports from asylum…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.SyriaFran Equiza, Representative in Syria for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), speaking by telephone from Addis Abeba, made the following statement:“In the first month of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Labour Organization.Situation in YemenDr. Nevio Zagaria, World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative for Yemen, speaking by telephone…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).SyriaResponding to questions from the press regarding the Syria-related event currently being held in Sochi, Russian Federation, Michele Zaccheo, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, had attended the opening of the Conference, and was continuing to speak with…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization.SyriaAsked about the impact of the military campaign in Afrin, Syria, on humanitarian shipments across the border from Turkey, Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that on 20 January,…