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, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Meteorological Organization.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families was meeting in private this week. It would conclude its…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Spokesperson for the Joint United Nations/Arab League Special Envoy on Syria, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Trade Organization and the International Labour Organization.Syria Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the Office for the Coordination of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families opened its session yesterday and would this morning conclude its consideration of the report of Paraguay. It would consider the report of Tajikistan this afternoon and tomorrow…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the Spokesperson for Joint Special Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan, Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, International Organization of Migration and the World Trade Organization. Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian announced that the Committee for the Protection of all Migrant Workers and the Members of their Families begins its sixteenth session on Monday 16 April. During the session it would consider 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, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the International Labour Organization and the UN Refugee Agency.Geneva activitiesCorinne Momal-Vanian said that the heads of the United Nations Children Fund, the World Health Organization and the UN Refugee Agency would hold a joint press conference today, 10 April at 12.00 noon in Room III on the Sahel crisis. Two Committees would meet next…

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 Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency and the International Labour Organization.Geneva Activities An International Meeting on the Question of Palestine would be held today and tomorrow (3 - 4 April 2012) at the Palais des Nations, organized by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. A press conference…

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, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee on Enforced Disappearances was today concluding its second session, which started on Monday, 26 March. The…

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 Conference for Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the Economic Commission for Europe, and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Conference on Disarmament was meeting in public plenary this morning to hear an address by the Foreign Minister of Mongolia. This was the last week of the first part of the 2012 session of the Conference.…

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-Arab League Joint Special Envoy, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Economic Commission on Europe, the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention for the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization and the International Labour Organization.Syria Ms. Momal-Vanian read a…

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, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Economic Commission on Europe, the Joint Programme on HIV and AIDS, the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council…