Yvette Morris, Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez of the Human Rights Council said general debate continued this morning on the update of the High...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization. Secretary-General’s visit The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, would visit the United Nations Office at Geneva and the...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Environmental Programme, and the International Labour Organization.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian reminded journalists that Thursday, 6 September was a day off at the Palais des Nations and...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director 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, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Economic Commission for Europe, the International Labour Organization, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Universal Postal Union.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was today concluding its eighty-first...

Alessandra Vellucci, the Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the International Labour Organization, the UN Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration.Syria – doubling of refugees fleeing to Jordan Melissa Fleming of the UN Refugee Agency said that the pace of arrivals from the Syrian border to the Za’atri camp in the north of Jordan had doubled in the...

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Haiti/Tropical Storm Isaac Jens Laerke of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that tropical storm Isaac was expected to make landfall in Haiti as they were speaking. Strong winds and heavy rains...

Alessandra Vellucci, the Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Ebola in Democratic Republic of the Congo Glenn Thomas of the World Health Organization said that as of 19 August a total of 15 cases of Ebola (13 probable and 2 confirmed) with 9 deaths had been reported. The reported cases and deaths had occurred in three health zones. There were 12 cases and 8 deaths in Isiro, including 3 healthcare workers who had died; 2 cases and no...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this week considered the reports of Senegal, Fiji and the situation in Belize in absence of...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Iran earthquakes Ms. Momal-Vanian indicated that the Secretary-General was deeply saddened by the loss of hundreds of lives and the destruction caused by the earthquakes that struck northwestern Iran...

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...