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 Economic Commission on Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization and the International Labour Organization.Secretary-General’s travels Ms. Momal-Vanian said that the United Nations Secretary-General was to leave on a visit to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea where he would…

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 Human Rights Council, the Economic Commission on Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Syria Adrian Edwards for the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees had appointed Panos Moumtzis, previously UNHCR's Head of Donor Relations, as its Regional Refugee…

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 Human Rights Council, the Economic Commission on Europe, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization and the World Health Organization.Syria Tarik Jasarevic for the World Health Organization (WHO) said his organization was deeply concerned by the plight of the civilian population in affected areas and was watching…

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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization.Syria Answering a question, Rupert Colville for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said the pictures shown by a British news programme last…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the meeting which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Representative of the Secretary-General for Food Security and Nutrition.Syria Rupert Colville for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the meeting which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Organization for Migration and the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council (HRC) said today’s discussions began at 09:00 with a panel discussion between United Nations agency representatives on human rights and mainstreaming, the concept paper for which was available on the HRC website. Following this was the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the meeting which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination would this morning be concluding its…

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 International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, The World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme.Activities of the Director-General of UNOG Ms. Momal Vanian said as part of the efforts to engage ‘Intellectual Geneva’ in discussion on key issues facing the United Nations, the…

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 High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.H5N1 Fadéla Chaib for the World Health Organization (WHO) said the technical consultation on the publication of research into the H5N1 virus continued today (17 February) and should finish at 17:00.…

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 High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the World Health Organization.Sahel Momodou Lamin Fye for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)…