Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the UN Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Organization for Migration. Sahel Region Patrick McCormick of the UN Children’s Fund said that the situation had been worsened by a recent outbreak of cholera in many regions across West Africa, putting more people – especially...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Jens Laerke of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that continuous heavy rainfall and the cyclone KHANUN had caused...

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 United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the International Labour Office, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Conference on Disarmament was meeting in plenary this morning at the start of the third and last part of its 2012 session, which would...

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 of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Olympic Games Ms. Momal-Vanian recalled that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday took part in the traditional torch run ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Mr. Ban would also be attending the opening ceremony...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the Universal Postal Union. Côte d’Ivoire Rupert Colville of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said OHCHR condemned the attack on a relocation camp for internally displaced persons in Nahibly, near the town of...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization of Migration, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights. Geneva Activity Ms. Momal-Vanian noted that next Friday, 27 July the Human Rights Committee would close its 105th session and...

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 UN Development Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Organization for Migration.Secretary-General Ban visits Europe Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, would travel to Southeastern Europe. His first stop would be Slovenia, where he would arrive on Thursday, 19...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Trade Organization. Democratic Republic of the Congo Jens Laerke of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) expressed deep concern about the latest violence that broke out over...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the UN Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Sahel region Marixie Mercado of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that UNICEF warned that an upsurge of cholera in the Sahel was placing children already weakened by malnutrition at acute risk. The number of cholera cases had shot up...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Children’s Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the UN Conference on Trade and Development.Syria Jens Laerke of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that the Syria Humanitarian Bulletin number 3 had been published and was available. The bulletin highlighted that there had been increasing...