Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration.Update from the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read the following update on behalf of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria: “The Special Envoy, Geir Pedersen, was in Moscow on Monday 21 January for high-level meetings with senior Russian Federation…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by representatives of the secretariat of the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation and the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation Amandeep Singh Gill, Executive Director, secretariat of the…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization. Human rights and the 2030 AgendaRhéal LeBlanc, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, speaking on behalf of Rolando Gomez, for the Human Rights Council, said that a day-long meeting on human rights and the 2030 Agenda would be held on…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.SyriaAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, read the following update on behalf of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria:“Special Envoy Geir Pedersen had good meetings with the International…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency. SyriaAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the new Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Geir O. Pedersen, had taken up his duties, having arrived in Geneva on 7 January. Mr. Pedersen was already working with his team and planning his initial round of consultations with…

Rhéal LeBlanc, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization. DRC refugees arriving in the Republic of the Congo Andrej Mahecic, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), made the following statement: “UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is supporting local authorities in the Republic of the Congo to provide humanitarian assistance to some 16,000 recently arrived…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Bamboo treatment plant in BangladeshJoel Millman, for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), read the following statement:“Work has begun on one of the largest bamboo treatment plants ever installed in an emergency response, as IOM experts tackle a tiny insect that is devastating structures in the world’s biggest refugee settlement.An infestation of “…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Syria meetingAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that, later that morning, in Geneva, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, was expecting to hold a joint meeting with high-level delegations from the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Republic of Turkey. Arrangements…

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 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the World Food Programme. Democratic Republic of the Congo Ravina Shamdasani, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), made the following statement: “UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Ms. Vellucci welcomed the journalism students from the University of Geneva who were attending the briefing as observers. Yemen Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, made the following statement on behalf of the Office of the…