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 UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Environmental Programme, and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning was opening a three-week session during which it would consider the reports of seven countries. The Committee would…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the UN Children’s Fund.World Health Assembly Fadéla Chaib of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that discussions on the agenda items of the World Health Assembly were…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the UN Environment Programme, the UN Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme and the UN Refugee Agency.Food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel region Elisabeth Byrs of the World Food Programme (WFP) said that the WFP had launched a regional emergency operation alongside UNHCR in response to the specific food needs of hundreds of thousands of people who had fled conflict in…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Q & A with the Spokesperson for the Joint Special Envoy for Syria Question: Based on what evidence has Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared that the bomb attacks in Syria…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the 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 Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Food Policy Research Institute, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Organization and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. New Report on Tackling Food Insecurity Goli Ameri, Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Values and Diplomacy of…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Telecommunication Union, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the World trade Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Programme.Yemen Marixie Mercado of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, the Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Press Stakeout with the Joint Special Envoy for the crisis in Syria Ms. Momal-Vanian said Mr. Kofi Annan, the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for the crisis in Syria, would speak to the press…

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 Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the International Labour Organization, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Refugee Agency. Q & A with the Spokesperson for the Joint Special Envoy on Syria Ahmad Fawzi, the Spokesperson for…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Sudan/South Sudan Jean-Philippe Chauzy of the International Organization for Migration said that 12-15,000 South Sudanese were currently stranded at the Kosti way station, 200 kilometers…

Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Economic Commission for Europe, the World Meteorological Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Trade Organization, and the International Organization for Migration.Geneva Activities Ms. Momal-Vanian said available on the website of the United Nations Office at Geneva www.unog.ch as of today was the 2011…