Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Human Rights Council 34th session Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council (HRC), said that the Council was currently engaged in a panel discussion on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic. The panel had a specific focus on enforced…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization.Turkey Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that OHCHR had published a report detailing allegations of massive destruction, killings and numerous other serious human rights violations committed between July 2015 and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee 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 the Special Envoy, Staffan de Mistura, was on his way to New York today. In New York, he would report on 8 March to the Security…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization. Intra-Syrian Negotiations Ms. Vellucci informed that the invitees to the Intra-Syrian negotiations would be arriving at 11:30 and 12:00, and possibly at 2 p.m. today. At the moment, there…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Development Programme, the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization. South-South Cooperation Ms. Vellucci introduced Jorge Chediek, Director of the UN Office for South-South Cooperation, for the United Nations…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Syria Ms. Vellucci said the UN Secretary-General had said on 23 February that he was very encouraged that the Syrians, who had accepted the United Nations invitation to be in Geneva in the context of…

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 Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization.Syria Ms. Vellucci introduced Michael Contet, Acting Chief of Staff to the UN Special Envoy for Syria at the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization.Syria Yara Sharif, for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), said that this week, the Special Envoy for Syria had conducted several meetings as part of the diplomatic efforts…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Syria Christophe Boulierac, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said that water was slowly returning to Aleppo. For almost a month, 1.8 million people in and around the city had been deliberately cut off from the public water network. The most recent water cuts in Aleppo had taken place on 14 January when the Al-Khafse pumping station in eastern Aleppo had stopped…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization.Iran Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that OHCHR welcomed reports that Iran had suspended the execution of a juvenile in…