Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Meteorological Organization. Famine in the Horn of Africa Bruno Geddo of the United Nations Refugee Agency, speaking through a telephone link, said he had come back from Dollo in Somalia, near 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 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the International Organization for Migration.Somalia Fatoumata Lejeune-Kaba of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said the head of the UNHCR office in Mogadishu had just completed a five-week tour of duty in the...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the UN Children's Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Horn of Africa Ms. Momal-Vanian said that UN agencies were currently presenting to Member States the latest humanitarian response 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 Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Children's Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Horn of Africa Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the international community had yesterday mobilized under the aegis of the Food and Agriculture Organization to assist the populations of the Horn of Africa. In a speech read by Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Trade Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Horn of Africa Ms. Momal-Vanian said that an international meeting would be held on Monday, 25 July in Rome to examine the measures to be taken regarding the...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the UN Children’s Fund.Horn of Africa Adrian Edwards of the UN Refugee Agency said that with the increasing gravity of the situation in Somalia UNHCR was stepping up assistance inside the country with a series of aid distributions across central and southern parts of the country. Although...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Intellectual Property Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the UN Children's Fund, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the UN Economic and Social Council.Horn of Africa Marixie Mercado of the UN Children's Fund said that UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake was in Nairobi today and would tomorrow visit Turkana, a pastoralist district in northwest...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Bank, the UN Refugee Agency, the UN Children's Fund, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Organization for Migration.Horn of Africa Adrian Edwards of the UN Refugee Agency said that UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, had yesterday concluded a five-day...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the World Health Organization, the UN Environment Programme, the World Trade Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the UN Children's Fund and the International Organization for Migration.Horn of Africa Melissa Fleming of the UN Refugee Agency said that UNHCR was warning today that humanitarian efforts to help newly arriving Somali refugees in south-east Ethiopia were at risk of being overwhelmed without a...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the UN Children's Fund.Sudan Emilia Casella of the World Food Programme said that the WFP welcomed that South Sudan would be independent as of 9 July as...