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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Intellectual Property Organization.Human Rights Council update Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that on Friday, 29 September 2017, the Human Rights Council would consider some 20 draft texts still before it...

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that on the morning of 26 September 2017, the Human Rights Council had opened with its continued general debate on item 8 – follow-up to...

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Meteorological Organization.Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that on the morning of 22 September 2017, the Human Rights...

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 High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the International Labour Organization.Yemen Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that OHCHR...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Organization for Migration, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Labour Organization and the...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the Economic Commission for Europe and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Human Rights Council update Rolando Gomez, for the Human...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Peacekeeping Operations Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Development Programme.Bangladesh Leonard Doyle, for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said that the IOM and its...

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization.Secretary-General Mr. Zaccheo said that the Secretary-General had issued a video statement to mark the International Day against Nuclear Tests on 29 August, in which he said that it was important to remember the threat that nuclear tests...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Meteorological Organization.Secretary-General Ms. Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, announced that the Secretary-General would leave New York tonight for a trip that would take him to Kuwait, Israel, and the State of Palestine. The Secretary-...