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 Refugees, the Economic Commission for Europe, the Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS, the International Organization for Migration, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.South Sudan Jean-Philippe Chauzy for the International Organization for Migration said his organization was scaling up its operation to assist South Sudanese citizens…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Economic Commission on Europe, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization.South Sudan Adrian Edwards for the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said his office strongly condemned the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Syria Ravina Shamdasani for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said the brutal crackdown on dissent in Syria had so far claimed the life of more than 3,500 Syrians, with more than 60 people killed by security forces…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.WHO reform Gregory Hartl of the World Health Organization (WHO) said a special three-day session of the Executive…

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 Environment Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration.Turkey Andrej Mahecic of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that three humanitarian airlifts containing…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Trade Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Central American flooding The United Nations and the Government of Nicaragua today launched a Flash Appeal of US$ 14.3 million to assist 134,000 people affected by the floods over the next six months, said Corinne Momal-…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme (Basel Convention), the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.Floods…

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 Population Fund, the World Trade Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migrations, the Human Rights Council and the World Health Organization.Libya Rupert Colville of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, and the World Health Organization.Sudan Adrian Edwards of the UN Refugee Agency said that UNHCR condemned the deportation yesterday of over 300 Eritrean asylum-seekers…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme, the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Children’s Fund, the World Trade Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the Joint Services of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. World Food Day - 16 October 2011 Abdessalam Ould Ahmed of the Food…