Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), and Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at UNIS, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The topics addressed were: COVID-19; the Human Rights Council; humanitarian situation in Idlib; and…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), and Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at UNIS, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The topics addressed were: COVID-19; the Human Rights Council; humanitarian situation in Idlib; and…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Trade Center (ITC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The topics addressed were: Secretary-General’s visit to Geneva; the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council; humanitarian situation in Idlib, Syria; adaptation of transport infrastructure to…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The topics addressed were: the upcoming forty-third session of the Human Rights Council; violence in the Sahel; the Inland Transport Meeting; COVID-19; and the Ebola response.…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE). The topics addressed were: continuation of the Libyan talks in Geneva; situation in northwest Syria; killings of civilians in Cameroon;…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE). Situation in Idlib, Syria Elisabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP), said that the WFP continued to provide emergency food assistance to people in desperate need in…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Food Programme (WFP). The topics addressed were: situation in Idlib, Syria; displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; Afghan refugees; humanitarian situation in Madagascar;…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Mine Action Service. Libyan military talks Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria (OSE), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).Libyan military talks Rhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), informed about this morning’s press stakeout by Ghassan Salamé, Special…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The topics addressed were: situation in the Sahel; New coronavirus; the Illicit Trade Forum; the Geneva Humanitarian Network Week; and the WHO Executive Board meeting.Situation in the Sahel Elizabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP), informed…