Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from representatives of and spokespersons for the Global Humanitarian Forum Geneva, the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Works and Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Far East, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the GAVI Alliance, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Trade Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Issues Related to Climate ChangeGlobal…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Also attending were representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard statements from Spokespersons and representatives for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization and the International Labour Organization.Human Rights Council Ms. Heuzé said…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from spokespersons and representatives from the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. The newly appointed Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, Wilfried Lemke, also…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard statements from Spokespersons and representatives for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Trade Organization, and the International Organization for Migration.Rome Summit on the World Food Crisis Ms.…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard statements from Spokespersons and representatives for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration. Representatives or spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Health Organization were also present.World Food Crisis / Rome…

Marie Heuzé, the 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 Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Labour Office and the World Trade Organization. Secretary-General’s Activities Ms. Heuzé said the Secretary-General arrived in Stockholm yesterday and addressed the Annual Review Conference of the International Compact…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was attended by Spokespersons for the Economic Commission for Europe, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the International Committee of the Red Cross. At the end of the briefing, Christiane Berthiaume of the World Food Programme said goodbye…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, 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 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the International Federation of the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Refugee Agency and the United Nations Economic Commission of Europe. A representative of the GAVI Alliance, a public-private health partnership, also…

Marie Heuzé, the 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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization. As the World Health Assembly is currently taking place in the Palais des Nations, several WHO experts attended the press briefing to provide more information about upcoming meetings,…