Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the International Labour Organization.YemenMeritxell Relano, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Representative in Yemen, speaking by telephone from Sana’a, said that since the escalation of the conflict in March 2015, more than 3 million children had been born…

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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.Syria Asked by journalists for an update on the Syria talks, Alessandra Vellucci, for the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, recalled that in his most recent…

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 United Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration.USG for Humanitarian Affairs to visit Syria Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, 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 World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Meteorological Organization.Egypt Elizabeth Throssell, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that OHCHR was deeply shocked at reports that 20 people had recently been executed in Egypt. On 2…

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 Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Decision of the High Commissioner for Human Rights not to seek a second term Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that OHCHR wished to clarify the situation regarding the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the International Telecommunication Union.Central African Republic Christine Muhigana, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Iraq: mass executionsElizabeth Throssell, for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said that OHCHR was deeply shocked and appalled at the mass execution on 14 December of 38 men at a prison in the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the United Nations World Tourism Organization.Avoiding famine in SomaliaGeorge Conway, United Nations Development Programme Country Director for Somalia, speaking by phone from Mogadishu, said that at the beginning of 2017, the…

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…