Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency, the Human Rights Council, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Conference on Trade and Development and the International Organization for Migration.Syria The following is a transcript of Questions & Answers with Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesperson for Kofi Annan, Joint…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Myanmar Jens Laerke of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that 78 people had died and 87 had been injured during the communal violence in Rakhine State at the beginning of June according to figures from Myanmar’s Ministry of Information. About…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the international community was today marking the 2012 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. A message from the Secretary-General was at the back of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Meteorological Organization, the Economic Commission for Europe, the International Labour Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Syria Jens Laerke of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the International Organization for Migration, the Human Rights Council, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.South Sudan Adrian Edwards of the UN Refugee Agency said that over the weekend UNHCR had begun a new emergency aid airlift for refugees in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state. The flights were bringing supplies for 50,000 refugees who…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the Economic Commission for Europe, the Human Rights Council, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Toolkit for prevention of human rights abuses of people with mental health conditions Tarik Jasarevic of the World Health Organization said that WHO was today launching a Quality Rights Tool Kit aimed at preventing human rights abuses of people…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Joint Special Envoy (JSE) of the UN and the League of Arab States for the Syrian Crisis, the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the Human Rights Council, the International Labour Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Health Organization.Syria Mr. Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesperson for the Joint Special Envoy (JSE) of the United Nations and the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the UN Children’s Fund.Syria Jans Laerke of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that John Ging had mentioned at his press stakeout on Tuesday that seven NGOs were working with UN Agencies in Syria. The…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency.World Environment Day Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the message of the Secretary-General on today’s World Environment Day 2012 was available at the back of the room in both English and French. This year’s theme, “Green Economy: Does it include you?”, underscored the need for everyone to play their part…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the Human Rights Council, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council Special Session on Syria Rolando Gomez of the Human Rights Council said the Council was currently in session to adopt the UPR reports on the…