Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations Children’s Fund, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization.Signing of the Paris Agreement Mr. Fawzi informed that more than 165 countries had indicated…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. UN Secretary-General Mr. LeBlanc announced that the Secretary-General would be in Vienna from 26 to 29 April to chair the…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, International Organization for Migration, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, World Intellectual Property Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, World Food Programme, World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization.UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi informed that the Secretary-General was in Washington, D.C. for the 2016 meeting…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.Geneva activities Committees The Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers opened…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the International Organization for Migration. UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General would be in Geneva on 8 April to open the Conference on the Prevention of Violent Extremism, and to co-chair the Conference with the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, Didier Burkhalter. The Conference was being co-…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the World Trade Organization, and the World Health Organization. UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General was in Washington, D.C. today to participate in the High-Level Nuclear Security Summit convened by President Obama, where he would bring attention to the vital role of the UN in thwarting the threats posed by the growing…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the United Nations Children’s Agency and the United Nations Refugee Agency. UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi announced that the Secretary-General would be in Geneva on 30 March and would address the high-level conference on “Global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission of Syrian refugees” in Room XX. He would finish delivering his remarks around 11 a.m. and would then hold a joint stakeout with the High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi. The…

Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i., United Nations Information Service in Geneva, and Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations Development Programme. UN Secretary-General Mr. Fawzi announced…

Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief, Press and External Relations Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN-Water, the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization. Geneva activitiesHuman Rights Council Rolando Gomez for the Office of…

Michele Zaccheo, Chief, Radio and Television Section, United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by spokespersons of the Office of the Special Envoy for Syria, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Geneva activitiesHuman Rights Council Rolando Gomez for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that the…