Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Labour Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.Human Rights CouncilRolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the thirty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council had opened on Monday, 18 June 2018. The...

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 12 June 2018 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 International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization.Update on Bangladesh related to the monsoon situation Andrej Mahecic, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), made the following statement: “The first heavy rains...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Committee for the Red Cross, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Earthquake in Papua New GuineaArnaud de Baecque, Deputy Regional Director for Asia and...

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 Labour Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.ILO Conference Hans von Rohland, for the International Labour Organization (ILO), said that ILO would be holding its World of Work Summit on Thursday 7 June to discuss the importance...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs....

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Update from the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for SyriaAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Travel of the Secretary-GeneralAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that on 24 May, the Secretary-General had...

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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization. Later, Catherine Huissoud, of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, took over the chair. UNOG campaign against casual sexism Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said...

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) who briefed with the Permanent Representative of the International Organization of Francophonie to the UN in Geneva.Visit of the Secretary-General to...

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Violence at the Gaza/Israel borderRhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva,...