Alessandra Vellucci, Chief, Press and External Relations Section of United Nations Information Service, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Trade Organization, United Nations Population Fund, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Universal Postal Union. Syria – Polio Vaccination Campaign Marixie Mercado, for…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Committee of the Red Cross, World Food Programme, United Nations Refugees Agency, International Organization for Migration, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, International Labour Organization, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, United Nations Institute for Training and Research, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Economic Forum. Syria –…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, International Labour Organization, Human Rights Council, World Trade Organization and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Syria – Geneva II Khawla Mattar,…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of 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, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, World Trade Organization, International Trade Centre and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Lampedusa Adrian Edwards, for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons for the Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and Universal Postal Union.The Philippines Jens Laerke, for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), informed that the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) had provided USD 3…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of 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, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, Economic Commission for Europe, World Trade Organization and the World Meteorological. Lampedusa Melissa Fleming, for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), stated that, following the tragedy involving a boat carrying Eritreans, the efforts were focused on helping…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of 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, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Refugee Agency Interparliamentary Union, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization, World Food Programme and the International Organization for Migration. Ms. Momal-Vanian welcomed a group of 11 journalists, who were participants of the annual Reham Al-Farra Memorial…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of 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, United Nations Refugee Agency, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, World Trade Organization, International Organization for Migration and Human Rights Council.Syria Jumbe Omari Jumbe, for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), informed that IOM was active in Syria and all of the neighbouring countries with the presence of Syrian…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by the Spokespersons the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Refugee Agency, United Nations Children’s Programme, World Food Programme, Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, World Health Organization, International Organization for Migration, International Labour Organization, World Metrological Organization and Human Rights Council. The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia also participated in the…

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 Human Rights Council, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, World Trade Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Health Organization, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, International Organization for Migration, International Telecommunications Union and United Nations AIDS. Syria In response to questions, Corinne…