Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and by spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organization.Children and Armed Conflict in South Sudan and Yemen Virginia...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the International Telecommunication Union.UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria condemns deadly attack on IDP camp in Northeast NigeriaJens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), gave 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 International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization. Minute of Silence for journalist Pierre SimonitschRhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that he was sad to inform about the death of the journalist Pierre Simonitsch on Sunday 28 October 2018, in Geneva, at the age of 81. Mr....

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization and the World Health Organization.Migrant caravan in Central America Marixie Mercado, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), read the following statement: “An estimated 2,300 children traveling...

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 World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Central America caravanAdrian Edwards, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement:“UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has mobilized staff and resources to southern Mexico since Thursday, following the...

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Children’s Fund.Indonesian airlift Charlie Yaxley, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement: “Earlier this morning, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency delivered 435 emergency...

Rhéal LeBlanc, for the 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 World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization. Saudi journalist Mr. Khashoggi Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), gave the following statement: “Two weeks after the disappearance...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.SyriaAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that, the previous day, the Special Envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, had chaired a meeting of the International Syria Support Group’s...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.World Post DayRhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that 9 October was World Post Day, on which occasion the Secretary-General had issued a message, stating that the 2018 observance of...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, and, later, Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Universal Postal Union, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and...