Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children Fund, United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and World Meteorological Organization.The United Nations The Report of the External Independent Review of the United Nations Response to Allegations of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the Central African Republic had been released on 17 December, said Mr. Fawzi. The United Nations…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Yemen peace talks start in Switzerland Mr. Fawzi said that the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, announced today, 15 December, the start of a cessation of hostilities in Yemen. The ceasefire was a critical first step towards building a lasting peace in…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section and Officer in Charge, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Labour Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Intellectual Property Organization, and World Health Organisation. Security situation in the Geneva Region Security situation in the Geneva region…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Health Organization. The Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi informed that the Secretary-General was still in Paris for COP 21. The previous day he had visited Bataclan, where the terrorist attacks took place on 13 November, together with the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo. The following day, the Secretary-General would…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Mine Action Service, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, World Health Organisation and World Trade Organization. United Nations The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, arrived in Paris today to attend COP21. On 8…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children Fund, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and International Organization for Migration.United Nations The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was attending COP 21, the Paris Climate Change Conference, in and was due back to New York on the afternoon of 1 December. Mr. Fawzi briefed the media on…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children Fund, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, World Health Organization, and the World Trade Organization. The United Nations Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General The United Nations Secretary-General was traveling to Malta to attend the Commonwealth Summit on Climate Change, and would then head to Paris for COP…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Children Fund, International Organization for Migration and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.The Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi said that the Secretary-General was back in New York and would be travelling to Malta soon. The Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, had arrived in Switzerland this morning and was…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Health Organization, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and UNAIDS.The Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi said he wanted to lay to rest rumours that the Secretary-General would be going…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.United Nations Secretary-GeneralThe United Nations Secretary-General had just returned to New York from the G-20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey. At a press conference at the G-20 he had stressed that…