Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for World Health Organization, United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, World Food Programme, World Trade Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Federation of the Red Cross. South Sudan Elisabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP), said that WFP and partners had so far provided…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Labour Organization.Human Rights Council Mr. Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council (HRC),…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for World Health Organization, United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, World Food Programme, World Trade Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund and Human Rights Council. Syria Ms. Momal-Vanian referred to the press release issued by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which informed that a United Nations humanitarian convoy crossing into Syria from Turkey through the Nusaybin-…

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, United Nations Refugee Agency, International Organization for Migration, World Food Programme, World Meteorological Organization and Human Rights Council. Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Elisabeth Byrs, for the World Food Programme (WFP), expressed WFP’s deep concern regarding the lack of financial support to WFP operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She explained that because of such…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Economic Commission for Europe, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Central African Republic / Cameroon Fatoumata Lejeune-Kaba, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), spoke today of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for World Health Organization, United Nations Refugee Agency, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, International Organization for Migration, Inter-Parliamentary Union, UN-Water and the Human Rights Council. Central African Republic (CAR) Chris Lom, for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), informed that IOM had started to repatriate the first of thousands of Chadians who had fled to Cameroon in January to escape fighting…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Human Rights Council. Central African Republic (CAR) Rupert Colville, for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) , stated that,…

Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council. Central African Republic and…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the Spokespersons for World Health Organization, World Food Programme, Human Rights Council, United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, International Telecommunications Union, United Nations Population Fund, Inter-parliamentary Union, Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Development Programme, and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Central African…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by the Spokespersons for Office for the World Health Organization, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and United Nations Children’s Fund. Central African Republic (CAR) Adrian Edwards, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), informed that, based on monitoring by the UNHCR-led Protection Cluster, more than 15,000 people in 18 locations in the northwest and southwest of the country were…