Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization.Geneva activities Mr. Fawzi said that the date of the next public meeting of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) would be announced at a later stage, as the delegation of China had asked the CD on 2 February to move the date of the usual public meeting for the following week, as the celebration of the Chinese New Year fell on 9 February. The...

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization.UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi said that the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was wrapping up a visit to Oman today. He had met with the Ministers of Defense and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, discussing the tensions in Syria and in Yemen, as well as the Intra-Syrian talks in Geneva. On the Syria crisis, the Secretary-General had said...

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Health Organization, World Food Programme, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Trade Organization. Geneva activities Mr. Fawzi said that the Conference on Disarmament, which had opened its 2016 session opened this week and would hold its next public meeting on 2 February, at 10 a.m. The previous Tuesday, at the first public meeting of its 2016 session, the...

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, and the United Nations Refugee Agency. UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi said that on 28 January the Secretary-General would leave New York to go to Addis Ababa where he would attend the 26thAfrican Union Summit. From there he would go to Muscat, Oman, for an official visit to the country on 1 and 2 February. On 2 February, he would leave to London to...

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, International Committee of the Red Cross, World Trade Organization, and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi informed that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had been in Davos, Switzerland, to attend the annual World Economic Forum. The Secretary-General had met with the Greek Cypriot leader,...

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization and the International Organization for Migration.UN Secretary-General Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said UN Secretary-...

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, World Health Organisation and the International Organization for Migration.UN Secretary-General Travels Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, briefed the press on the Secretary-General’s upcoming travels, starting with a...

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, World Health Organisation and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Activities In Geneva, the Committee on the Rights of the Child opened its seventy-first session on Monday, 11 January, during which it would review reports from 14 countries. The...

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Children Fund and International Organization for Migration.United Nations United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon confirmed the appointment of Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon as his Special Representative for the Central African Republic and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central...

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, United Nations Television & Radio, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency and International Organization for Migration.United Nations The United Nations Security Council was meeting in New York on Tuesday 5 January, on Syria and other matters, said Mr. Zaccheo. On Monday evening, the Council had issued a statement on the attack on the Saudi Diplomatic Premises in Iran - this and other statements on the situation...