Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, International Labour Organization, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization. Central African Republic Elisabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP) said that refugees and stateless persons continued to arrive in Cameroon…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the International Labour Office, the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, the World Trade Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Food Programme, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the World Health Organization. Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee on the Rights of the Child was today…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the International Labour Office, World Health Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, the International Trade Centre, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Migrants arriving in Italy Christiane Berthiaume of the International Migration Organization (IOM) said that with the arrival of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for and Representatives of the International Labour Office, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the Economic Commission for Europe, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme. Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee on the Rights of the Child was this morning reviewing the initial report of the United Kingdom…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, International Labour Organization, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Children’s Fund. South Sudan Adrian Edwards, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), stated that the number of people fleeing fighting in South Sudan continued to rise almost three weeks on from a truce agreement. Since the signing of the Cessation of…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, World Meteorological Organization, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Children’s Fund, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Trade Organization. Floods in the Balkans Christophe Boulierac, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), stated that the floods in…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the World Health Organisation, International Labour Organisation, World Food Programme, International Organisation for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Floods in the Balkans Ms. Vellucci informed that the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, had issued a statement on this subject and copies were available for the journalists in the room…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Health Organization, World Trade Organization, World Food Programme and the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit. Ukraine Mr. Colville said that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that a new UN report produced by the 34-strong OHCHR monitoring team in Ukraine showed “an alarming deterioration in the human…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, World Food Programme, World Health Organization, and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Mediterranean Crossings Adrian Edwards, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), stated that UNHCR was deeply saddened at a rising death toll from boat accidents in the Mediterranean Sea in 2014, as increasing numbers of asylum-seekers and refugees made the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and Public Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Human Rights Council, the World Food Programme and the United Nations Children’s Fund.South Sudan Jens Laerke of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said there would be a…