Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, 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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations Development Programme, the Universal Postal Union, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the World Health Organization.Syria Asked by journalists to comment on the possible…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Economic Commission for Europe, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Protests in Iraq Marta…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service, United Nations Office at Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the UN Geneva SDG Lab, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Update on activities of the United Nations Special Envoy for SyriaJenifer Fenton, for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, read the following statement:“On…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the World Trade Organization.General Assembly updateRhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the General Assembly of the United…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, UN-Water, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration.Climate issues Daniella Bostrom Couffe, for UN-Water, said that UN-Water was releasing a new policy brief entitled “Climate Change and Water”. It was available on the UN-Water website, and a press release had also been issued. The brief was being released in connection with the Climate Action Summit 2019, which had…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Marta Hurtado, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), read the following statement: “We are alarmed by the increase in…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the Universal Postal Union, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization; the briefing also hosted the President of the Swiss Associations of Student Organizations for Sustainability.United Nations Youth Climate Summit Alessandra Vellucci, for the United…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that on Friday, 13 September, at 10 a.m., the Council would continue its…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the forty-second regular session of the Human Rights Council had opened on Monday 9…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council and the World Health Organization.Human Rights Council Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that the forty-second regular session of the Human Rights Council would begin on Monday 9 September. The session would be opened at 9 a.m. by the Council President, Mr. Coly Seck. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, would then provide an oral update on the activities of her…