Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and the World Trade Organization. UN Secretary-General Mr. LeBlanc said that the Secretary-General had been in Burkina Faso and had met with President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. In a subsequent meeting with the press,…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, and the International Organization for Migration. UN Secretary-General Mr. LeBlanc said that the Secretary-General had addressed the Human Rights Council’s High Level Segment at the opening of the 31st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 29 February. The Secretary-General had said that one of his priorities…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Secretariat, and the World Food Programme. UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi said that the Secretary-General had been in Juba, South Sudan, on 25 February before going to Kinshasa, where he had met President Joseph Kabila and had discussed issues related to cooperation…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. UN Secretary-General and Director-General Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General had arrived in Bujumbura and was meeting with key groups in Burundi, including representatives of the civil society and political parties. He was to meet…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the Radio and TV Section at the UN Information Service, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Mine Action Service, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization. Syria Mr. Zaccheo said that the Special Envoy was on his way back to Geneva this morning and was planning to attend the Ceasefire Task Force meeting scheduled at the Palais des Nations in Geneva today. He had participated in the Humanitarian Task Force meeting via video conference…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization. Geneva activities Mr. Fawzi said that the Conference on Disarmament (CD) was holding a public meeting today at 10 a.m. This was the last week under the Presidency of Nigeria (until 21 February); the CD would also be successively chaired by Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland and the Republic of Korea. The…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.SyriaMr. Fawzi said that the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) had met in…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme and the United Nations Refugee Agency. UN Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General and Director-General Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General would be launching his Report for the World Humanitarian Summit today at 11 a.m. ET (5 p.m. CET), and the launch would be webcast on webtv.un.org. A press briefing by the Under-Secretary…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization.Geneva activities Mr. Fawzi said that the date of the next public meeting of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) would be announced at a later stage, as the delegation of China had asked the CD on 2 February to move the date of the usual public meeting for the following week, as the celebration of the Chinese New Year fell on 9 February. The…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization.UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi said that the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was wrapping up a visit to Oman today. He had met with the Ministers of Defense and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, discussing the tensions in Syria and in Yemen, as well as the Intra-Syrian talks in Geneva. On the Syria crisis, the Secretary-General had said…