Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relation Section, United Nations Information Service at the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization. Situation inside SyriaAndrej Mahecic, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement:“UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urges all parties in Syria to protect and...

Michele Zaccheo, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Violence in Nicaragua Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), made the following statement: “Tomorrow, Wednesday, will mark three months since demonstrations began in Nicaragua, initially against planned pension reforms but which have...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization. Ethiopia: Deteriorating humanitarian situation Joel Millman, for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), made the following statement: “Over 800,000 internally displaced persons are living without adequate shelter and safe sanitation in Ethiopia, resulting in a worsening humanitarian situation further...

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 International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Yemen Tarik Jašarevic, for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that conditions in Hudaydah, even before the escalation of the conflict, had been some of the direst in Yemen. Hudaydah...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organization.Joint Bangladesh/UNHCR verification of Rohingya refugees Charlie Yaxley, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement: “The Government of Bangladesh and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have launched a joint verification exercise for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The exercise, which...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Telecommunication Union.HRC update Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the Council had begun its...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Trade Organization.Joint Bangladesh/UNHCR verification of Rohingya refugees Charlie Yaxley, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), read the following statement: “The Government of Bangladesh and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have launched a joint verification exercise for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The exercise, which...

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 Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that, during the day, the Council would be adopting 7 of the 14 reports of the Working...

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 Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization.Human Rights Council updateRolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the report on the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo would be presented to the Human Rights...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, and Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United...