Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization.Syria Michael Contet, for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), said that, as mentioned in the note to correspondents sent out on 1 May, the UN Special Envoy for Syria would be attending the high-level meeting on Syria in Astana on 3…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, and the World Trade Organization. Syria Yara Sharif, for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), said the Special Envoy for Syria was consulting parties…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the International Telecommunications Union. High-Level Pledging Conference on Yemen Mr. LeBlanc reminded that the UN Secretary-General was in Geneva to preside over the High-…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Trade Organization. United Nations Secretary-General Mr. LeBlanc said the UN Secretary-General would be in Switzerland the following week, arriving on 24 April and meeting in Bern that day with the President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Health Organization.Migrant rescues Leonard Doyle, for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said almost 8,360 migrants had been rescued over the past long weekend by individual NGOs and by the international flotilla. The rescued migrants were mostly…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the World Health Organization.Syria On behalf of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), Ms. Vellucci said that the Special Envoy was in New York, where he was meeting with the Secretary-General. He would be in Washington D.C. on 11 April and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, and Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, and the World Trade Organization. Syria Jens Laerke, for the Office for the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Trade Organization.Syria Ms. Vellucci said that the intra-Syrian talks were continuing today and the press would be briefed as soon as possible. Asked about timing, Ms. Vellucci said that Mr. de Mistura would possibly speak to the press today and timing would have to be confirmed. In response to questions, Ms. Vellucci said that Mr. de Mistura…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, and the International Labour Organization. Syria Ms. Vellucci said on behalf of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), that on 27 March the Deputy Special Envoy had chaired separate meetings with the Government of Syria and the Syrian opposition…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the International Organization for Migration.Human Rights Council 34th session On behalf of Rolando Gomez of the Human Rights Council (HRC), Ms. Vellucci said that the Human Rights Council was voting and there were 30 draft resolutions…