Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.Secretary-General’s Middle East Tour - Lebanon The Secretary-General arrived yesterday in Syria and was meeting today with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before flying to Iran. In Jordan…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service at Geneva, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization and the World Food Programme.Lebanon Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said the Secretary-General was in Beirut yesterday for the first leg of his trip to the Middle East. He met with the Lebanese…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the Inter-Agency Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the International Organization for MigrationActivities…

Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing which also heard from Spokespersons for United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Environment Programme, the International Committee of the Red Cross, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Geneva Activities Ms. Ponomareva-Piquier said that the…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Third Anniversary of Baghdad Bombing Marie Heuzé announced that the third anniversary of the Baghdad bombing was being observed today at the Palais des Nations…

1. Réunions à Genève cette semaine :· Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale, qui se réunit du 31 juillet au 18 août, se penche aujourd’hui sur la situation d'États qui n’ont pas rempli leur obligation de présenter un rapport périodique et ont acumulé un retard de plus de 5 ans.· La Conférence du désarmement tient aujourd’hui un débat général sur la transparence dans les armements en salle VII.· La Sous-Commission pour la promotion et la protection des droits de l’homme poursuit sa 48ème et dernière session jusqu’au 25 août. 2. Cessation des hostilités au Liban· Hier, le…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.…

Addressing a press conference at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the United Nations' top humanitarian official said "the civilian population in Lebanon and in northern Israel have been the biggest losers in this senseless cycle of violence that is now exactly one month old". Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, said Lebanon was one of the worst places in the world in terms of humanitarian access. There were over two hundred thousand people in the country to whom humanitarian workers had no access. Despite the assurances given by both the Lebanese and Israeli…

Points saillantsSommaire 1. Réunions à Genève 2. Sri Lanka 3. Liban 4. Darfour 5. Gaza 6. Divers1. Réunions à GenèveMarie Heuzé, Directrice du service de l’information a annoncé plusieurs réunions pour les prochaines semaines.-Le Comité pour l’élimination de la discrimination raciale se réunit du 31 juillet au 18 août.-Le Conseil des droits de l’homme doit se réunir en session extraordinaire à la demande du groupe des États arabes. Il est possible que cette réunion se tienne jeudi 10 ou le vendredi 11 août. -La Conférence du désarmement tient actuellement la troisième partie de sa…

Marie Heuzé, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which also heard from Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the UN Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Meetings Ms. Heuzé said there were a number of important meetings currently convened in Geneva. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was meeting at the Palais des Nations from 31 July to 18 August. Yesterday, the…