Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.SyriaAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, on behalf of the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, said that Special Envoy de Mistura had invited Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and the United States for...

Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Syria Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, on behalf of the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, said that Special Envoy de Mistura continued his consultations on the establishment of a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned and UN-facilitated constitutional committee,...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the media relations officer with the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria. Update on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Tarik Jašareviæ, for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that as at 16 August, there had been 78...

Michele Zaccheo, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization. Internally Displaced Persons in Libya William Spindler, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), made the following statement: “UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about the forced eviction by militias of 1,900 internally displaced persons from Triq Al Matar settlement in Tripoli, Libya. Triq Al...

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Health Organization. Yemen Michele Zaccheo, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read out a statement delivered on Thursday 9 August by the Spokesman for the...

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Associations, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.Secretary-General’s Trip to JapanMr. Zaccheo said the Secretary-General would be arriving in Tokyo, Japan today. He would meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Taro Kono,...

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the CongoPeter Salama, WHO Deputy Director-General, Emergency Preparedness and Response, said that on 28 July the provincial health authorities in North Kivu Province in 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 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Organization for Migration.Statement on behalf of the United Nations Special Envoy for SyriaRhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read the following statement:“Today Special Envoy de Mistura chaired informal consultations with senior representatives of the Islamic Republic...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization.Extreme weather Clare Nullis, for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said that temperatures in California’s Death Valley had been peaking at 52.8 degrees Celsius for a number of days. Night-time...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization. ZimbabweElizabeth Throssell, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said OHCHR welcomed the widening of the democratic space in Zimbabwe ahead of the 30 July Presidential elections and called on the Government, all political parties and other institutions to...