REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme.Syria
Adrian Edwards of the UN Refugee Agency said that UNHCR’s offices in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq were all reporting increases this week in the number of refugees from Syria. UNHCR data, which primarily reflected those among the...