Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Vanuatu Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Yvette Morris, Chief of Radio and Television Section at the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. Four years of conflict in Syria Hanaa Singer, representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Syria…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Persons with albinism Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that the High…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, Human Rights Council, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Syria Dibeh Fakhr, for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), reminded that that International Women’s Day would take place on Sunday, and that four years since the beginning of the Syria…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the Human Rights Council and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council (HRC), provided an update on the current 28th session of the Human Rights Council and events that would take place during the week. The Council had continued this morning with the annual high-level panel on human rights mainstreaming dedicated to the “…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, and the Secretariat for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Human Rights Council…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the International Trade Centre, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration. Displacement in the Central African Republic Karin de Gruijl, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), stated that an upsurge in violence in the Central African Republic had triggered fresh displacement inside the country and across the border into the Democratic…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and the Human Rights Council. Ukraine Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), stated that, while the 15 February ceasefire had led to a decrease in hostilities in many parts of the conflict zone in east Ukraine, the OHCHR remained…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency and UNAIDS. UNMAS Agnès Marcaillou, Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), said that this week, Geneva was hosting the 18th International Meeting of…

Yvette Morris, Chief of the Radio and Television Section at the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Ebola – foreign medical teams Dr. Ian Norton, for the World Health Organization (WHO), provided information regarding the functions and future goals of foreign medical teams…