Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization.Yemen Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva (UNIS), said that, the previous...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization.Roundtable Meeting on Western Sahara Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read the following statement: “The Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara, former President Horst Köhler of Germany, has convened...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Travel of the Secretary-General Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Secretary-General would be addressing the meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) in Argentina later on Friday. He would call on all the leaders present to ensure that all their citizens could enjoy the...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the World Meteorological Organization. Syria Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read the following update on behalf of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria: “Special Envoy de Mistura received an invitation from the Government of...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the World Meteorological Organization. Syria Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read the following update on behalf of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria: “Special Envoy de Mistura received an invitation from the Government of...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the International Organization for Migration.Yemen Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, reminded that Martin Griffiths, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, was in Yemen. He...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization. Syria Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Staffan...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization and the World Health Organization.Concern for civilians in Yemen and calls for continued restraintShabia Mantoo, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement:“UNHCR, the UN refugee Agency, echoes the calls, made by the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for...

REV.1 Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.Human Rights CouncilRhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, speaking on behalf of Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that, that morning, the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review was reviewing the human...

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization. Travel of the Secretary-General Michele Zaccheo, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Secretary-General would travel to Paris to attend an Armistice Day ceremony...