Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director 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, World Health Organisation, International Labour Organisation, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, International Organisation for Migration, United Nations Refugee Agency and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Afghanistan Landslide Christophe Boulierac, for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), informed that UNICEF was focusing on installing sanitary…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, World Food Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the World Trade Organization. Navi Pillay/South Sudan Rupert Colville of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said High Commissioner Navi Pillay, after visiting South Sudan and then…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Navi Pillay/Egypt Death Sentences Ravina Shamdasani of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay strongly condemned the…

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 International Organization for Migration, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Human Rights Council, World Food Programme, World Health Organization and the World Intellectual Property OrganizationSouth Sudan Cécile Pouilly for the Office of the…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the International Trade Centre and the United Nations Children’s Programme.South Sudan Christophe Boulierac, for the United Nations Children’s Programme (UNICEF) said a number of children were killed last week in South Sudan as a result of attacks on displaced…

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 United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Meteorological Organization. South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia Melissa Fleming, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said that, as the number of South Sudanese refugees fleeing to Ethiopia passed the 95,000 mark, UNHCR and its partners were working to improve conditions in the…

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, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Telecommunications Union, International Committee of the Red Cross, World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization. South Sudan Jean Yves Clemenzo, for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), stated that the…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Looming drought in Syria Elisabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP), said a special report published today highlighted how a potential drought would strain Syria’s already fragile food security situation. In a report titled ‘Special Focus Syria’, WFP food security analysts wrote that since September there had been less than…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, International Organization for Migration, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Mine Action Service, World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization and the World Trade Organization. Syria Chris Lom, for the International…

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 United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Mine Action Service and the International Committee of the Red Cross. South Sudan Elisabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP), said that it was the second day of the visit by the Executive Director of the WFP and the High Commissioner for Refugees to South Sudan, after which they…