Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mr. Peter Salama, for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that, on 3 May 2018, WHO had been informed by the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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 International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Yemen: situation of Ethiopian and Somali migrants and airstrikes against civilian areas Joel Millman, for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), said that Mohammed Abdiker, Director of Operations 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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.School children caught up in conflict in Ukraine Giovanna Barberis, Ukraine Representative for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), read...

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 and the International Organization for Migration. Secretary-General‘s visits to Europe Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the United Nations Secretary-General was travelling to London for the annual meeting of the United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination, at which he would deliver a strong message on the need to improve the approach of the United...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, 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 International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Trade Organization.Press release on killings of demonstrators in Gaza Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), made the following statement: “UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday called on...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of 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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the International Telecommunication Union.NicaraguaAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read out a statement delivered on 23 April 2018 by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:“The Secretary-General is concerned about the...

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 Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Urgent aid delivered in LibyaAndrej Mahecic, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), made the following statement:“UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, managed to deliver this week urgently needed assistance to hundreds of displaced Libyan families in the town of Murzuk,...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in 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.Secretary-General’s visit to Saudi Arabia Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Secretary-General was currently in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he was attending the sixteenth meeting of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre Advisory Board. He was expected to meet with His Majesty...

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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Democratic Republic of Congo Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that the Humanitarian Pledging Conference on the Democratic Republic of Congo would take place that day. A press stakeout would be held at 1 p.m. in the presence of...

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 International Organization for Migration, 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 .Syria – UNHCR and UNICEF response to humanitarian needs Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, recalled that the Secretary-General...