Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the 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 High Commissioner for Refugees, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Human Rights Council and urgent debate on Syria Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council (HRC), first confirmed that an urgent debate on Syria will take place on Wednesday, 29 May,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, International Labour Organization, World Food Programme and International Organization for Migration. Syria Panos…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, World Trade Organization, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food Programme, International Organization for Migration and Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora,. Syria Dan McNorton for…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Programme, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, International Labour Organization, International Telecommunications Union, World Meteorological Organization, and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Syria Marixie Mercado…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Programme, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, International Telecommunications Union and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. Syria Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and United Nations Environment Programme.Syria Jens Laerke for the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that the humanitarian team in Syria had put together a breakdown of internally displaced persons (IDPs) which estimated 4.25 million IDPs in…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, World Trade Organization, International Telecommunications Union, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, International Labour Organization, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme and International Organization for…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Programme, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.Syria Marixie Mercado for the United Nations Children’s Programme (UNICEF) said UNICEF and partners were stepping up vaccination campaigns in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey amid measles outbreaks in a region…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Food Programme, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Mali Ms. Momal-Vanian said that by adopting resolution 2100 (2013), the Security Council yesterday approved a 12,600-strong United Nations peacekeeping operation in Mali, the UN Multidimensional Integrated…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the International Organization for Migration.China Jens Laerke for the Office for the Coordination of…