Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Rohingya CrisisAdrian Edwards, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said that on 23 November, Myanmar and Bangladesh had signed an agreement on the voluntary repatriation of Rohingya refugees. Initial discussions between UNHCR and the Bangladeshi authorities…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.Syria Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that, following the week-end recess, the eighth round of intra-Syrian talks would…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the International Trade Centre.SyriaAlessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, said that the Syrian invitees participating in the intra-Syrian talks under…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.Update on Syria Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, confirmed that the eighth round of intra-Syrian talks was starting today, 28 November. The delegation of the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.Update on Syria Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, confirmed that the eighth round of intra-Syrian talks was starting today, 28 November. The delegation…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Syria talks Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, introduced Vittorio Cammarota (vittorio.cammarota@un.org) , from the Department of Public Information, who would be…

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 United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Development Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization.World Television Day Michele Zaccheo, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, reminder reporters…

Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.Humanitarian situation in Yemen Jamie McGoldrick, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen invited by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), speaking by phone from Amman, said that the blockade by the Saudi-led coalition of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization.Yemen Meritxell Relano, Representative for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Yemen, speaking via telephone from Amman, Jordan, said that Yemen was currently facing the largest humanitarian and food crisis in the world. Seven million people did not know where…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Office of the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Labour Organization and the World Trade Organization.Yemen Jens Laerke, for the United Nations Office of the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that there had been dramatic…