Yvette Morris, Chief, TV and Radio Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the World Health Organization.YEMEN Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said the deepening insecurity and violence in Yemen were wreaking a terrible toll on…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE Yvette Morris, Chief, TV and Radio Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the International Organization of Migration and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Schools in Syria Christophe Boulierac, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), briefed on education in Syria, saying the New Year offered little chance for children’s education in the country because schools remained targets of conflict. Continued…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the International Organization for Migration and the Economic Commission for Europe. EbolaElisabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP), speaking about WFP Ebola Response, said that since the start of its operations in April, the WFP had…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Ebola Tarik Jasarevic, for the World Health Organization (WHO), said that later today the WHO would issue a statement welcoming the approval by the Swiss Medic, Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, of the trial of the experimental vaccine at the University Hospital of Vaud in Lausanne. Another…

Yvette Morris, Chief of TV and Radio Section at the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Telecommunications Union and the Economic Commission for Europe. Ebola Fadéla Chaib, for the World Health Organization (WHO), reminded the journalists about the press…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, 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 World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Labour Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Human Rights Council. Ebola Fadéla Chaib, for the World Health Organization (WHO), informed about the press conference which would be held today by Dr Marie Paule Kieny, WHO Assistant Director General for Health Systems…

Yvette Morris, Chief of the TV and Radio Section at 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 Conference on Trade and Development, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Food Programme, and the Food and Agriculture Organization. Ebola Elisabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP), stated that the WFP was supplying key technical assistance, particularly to medical…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, and the Food and Agriculture Organization. Gaza Ms. Momal-Vanian informed that the Secretary-General was in Gaza today and had met this morning with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of national consensus, Ziad Abu Amr. The Secretary-General said that he was moved by the destruction which…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, International Labour Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Trade Organization, Inter-Parliamentary Union, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and World Health Organization. Ebola/Marburg Fadela Chaib, for the World Health Organization (WHO), informed that the 8th edition of situation report would be issued…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Global Humanitarian Aviation Conference and Exhibition Elizabeth Byrs of the World Food Programme (WFP) said the sixth Global Humanitarian Aviation Conference and Exhibition was opening today at the…