Yvette Morris, Chief of the Radio and Television Section at the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Ebola – foreign medical teams Dr. Ian Norton, for the World Health Organization (WHO), provided information regarding the functions and future goals of foreign medical teams...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, and the International Organization for Migration. Boat tragedy in Lampedusa Adrian Edwards, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), announced that the UNHCR was deeply saddened and concerned by the previous day’s disaster of Lampedusa where at least 29 people had died. UNHCR applauded all the rescue...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration. International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation Ms. Momal-Vanian informed that today was the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. Information on...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization. Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry on Gaza Rolando Gomez, for the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) announced the resignation of the Chairperson of the Commission...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration. Ebola Birte Hald, for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Egypt Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), stated that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said he was...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the Inter Parliamentary Union, the International Trade Centre, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’ Fund and the World Food Programme.Ukraine Anastasia Isyuk of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) briefed on the situation in eastern Ukraine which remained very difficult. Ms...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme.Syria Elisabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP), said convoys carrying food for 75,000 people...

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, International Labour Organization, United Nations Development Programme, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Food Programme. Syria – Winter Support Christophe Boulierac, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), said as the Syria conflict neared the four-year mark, UNICEF estimated that at least seven million internally displaced and refugee children were in...