Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Economic Forum, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Iraq Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that, as the death toll after the last suicide bomb in Baghdad continued to climb to well above 150, High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein deplored the terrible loss of innocent lives. The High Commissioner warned that, in addition to...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Trade Centre and the World Trade Organization and UNICEF.Nigeria Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that areas of north-eastern Nigeria were now increasingly accessible to humanitarian partners and the UN was moving in as fast as possible...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the International Organization for Migration.United Nations Secretary-General and UNOG Director-General Mr. LeBlanc said that the Secretary-General would be traveling to Gaza City today, where he would be visiting a girls’ school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), and he would also participate in a meeting...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Telecommunications Union.Codex Alimentarius Commission Fadela Chaib, for the World Health Organization (WHO), announced the upcoming 39th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission in Rome, from 27 June to 1 July. Ms. Chaib...

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, and the World Health Organization.Syria Mr. LeBlanc said that today, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, alongside Stephen O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and...

Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Human Rights Council, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Trade Organization. Iraq Tarik Jasarevic, for the World Health Organization (WHO), introduced Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, speaking by phone from Iraq. Dr Alwan...

Ahmad Fawzi, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. United Nations Secretary-General The Secretary-General was in Brussels today, where he was participating in the European Development Days...

Ahmad Fawzi, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the World Trade Organization and the Human Rights Council. Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council (HRC), informed that the Council would hold its thirty-second session from 13 June to 1 July. The session would...

Ahmad Fawzi, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. Geneva activities Committees The Conference on Disarmament was holding a public plenary at 10 a.m. in the Council Chamber. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which had opened on 6 June in Room XXII (E Building) of the Palais des Nations, 58th was concluding this morning the review of the report of France (begun on 6...

Ahmad Fawzi, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi said that the Secretary-General was in...